Physical (natural) or Human Features
What is the study of mapmaking?
Cartography
This theme refers to how people, goods and ideas travel from place to place. Provide at least four examples in the Portland Metro Region.
Choices:
A)Movement
B)Region
C)Place
D)Human/Environment Interaction
Movement
Transit
Bikes
Cars
Freight
Ships
A system that uses a network of earth orbiting satellites to pinpoint absolute locations.
Choices: human geography, map, globe, global positioning system (GPS)
What is global positioning system (GPS)
What is another name for a map key?
Legend
A person who analyzes the earth from many points of views
Geographer
Bodies of water
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
Provide three examples
Physical geography
Lake
Ocean
Seas
Rivers
This theme explores how people adapt to and use their environment
Choices: Movement, Location, Place, Region, Human/Environment Interaction
Human Environment Interaction
What are the three types of geography?
Physical
Human
Cultural
A measurement tool found on a map
Scale
Name the seven continents
North America
South America
Oceania
Antarctica
Europe
Asia
Africa
Climate
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
Physical geography
Location explores how geographers use directions and geocoordinates to identify where something is found.
What are the imaginary lines that make up an exact location and how would I show it physically?
Latitude & Longitude
0 degrees latitude line is called....
Equator
A visual representation of an area with mountains, deserts and lakes.
*Bonus*
Name at least three major rivers in the Pacific NW.
Name two tributaries of the Columbia River?
Physical map
Name at least three major seas
*Bonus*
What sea is located between Europe and Africa?
Bering
Caribbean
Coral
Baltic
*Mediteranean
Population
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
*Bonus*
How would a cartographer illustrate population density?
Human geography
Bonus: Color scale (Red, orange, yellow)
This theme looks at what multiple locations have in common / how they are different
Choices: Movement Location Place Region Human/Environment Interaction
*Bonus*
Provide an example of a region and its shared characteristics.
Region
Pac NW
Portland Metro
Cascade Range
Taureg Culture
A landform that is almost entirely surrounded by water.
*Bonus*
What is the difference between a cape and a bay?
peninsula
A picture on a map that shows directions such as east, west, south, and north.
What is a compass rose
Of the three types of regions, which refers to boundaries and borders?
*Bonus*
Provide an example
Political Region
Religion & Language
Human Geography or Cultural Geography?
Cultural geography
This theme explores human and/or physical features of a specific location
Choices: Movement / Region/ Human-Environment Interaction / Place
What is place
This landform is referred to as a "bridge" to the mainland.
isthmus
This is the line that separates the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere that runs through Greenwich, England.
Prime Meridian
*bonus*
What are three types of landforms and their names that are found near Olympic National Park?
Olympic Mountains
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Olympic Peninsula
Vancouver Island
Lake Crescent