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What is Geography?
Organizing the Globe
Regions
100
The study of everything on earth.
What is geography?
100
Grid
What is a pattern of lines?
100
Organizing Earth into smaller ________ makes it easier to study our complex world.
What is regions
200
The distribution and characteristics of the world's people
What is human geography?
200
Latitude
What is measurement north and south of the equator?
200
The Rocky Mountains, The Sahel, the Maghreb are examples of this type of region.
What is a formal region?
300
Focuses on the Earth's natural environments.
What is physical geography?
300
Longitude
What is measurement east and west of the Prime Meridian
300
A city transit system (metro) is an example of a ________ region.
What is a functional region
400
Some examples of these are oceans, rivers, mountains, and volcanoes.
What are landforms?
400
Parallels and Meridians
What are names for lines of latitude and longitude?
400
Region type that involves human perception
What is a perceptual region
500
Cartography
What is the study of maps and mapmaking
500
Cartography, Meteorology, Teaching
What are three examples of jobs in geography
500
Give three characteristics that might define a formal region.
What are population, rainfall, income levels, temperature, any feature or combination of features