Maps & Globes
What type of map shows the shapes of landforms, bodies of water, and other natural features?
Physical Map
What is the term for the long-term average weather conditions in a region?
Climate
What is the study of human populations, including their size, composition, and distribution?
Demography
What is the precise point on Earth where something is located, usually expressed by latitude and longitude?
Absolute Location
What continent is known as the "Land Down Under"?
Australia
What imaginary line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
The slow movement of Earth's crustal plates is explained by which geological theory?
Plate Tectonics
What is the term for the spread of cultural traits, ideas, or innovations from one place to another?
Diffusion
What is the broad study of the interactions between human societies and the natural environment?
Environmental Geography (or Human-Environment Interaction)
What is the most populous country in the world?
India (as of 2023-2024, surpassing China)
What is the term for a systematic distortion that occurs when a round Earth is projected onto a flat map
Map Projection
What is the process by which water vapor in the atmosphere cools and changes into liquid water, forming clouds?
Condensation
What is the name for the pattern of land use and settlement that forms when urban areas expand outward into surrounding rural areas?
Urban Sprawl
What is GIS an acronym for in the context of geographic technology?
Geographic Information System
What major desert covers most of North Africa?
Sahara Desert
If a map's scale is 1:100,000, what does this indicate about the relationship between a distance on the map and the corresponding distance on the ground?
One unit on the map represents 100,000 of the same units on the ground (e.g., 1 cm on the map is 100,000 cm in reality).
What term describes an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet, such as a river, lake, or ocean?
Watershed (or Drainage Basin)
What concept in human geography refers to the degree to which two places are connected or interact with each other, often influenced by distance and transportation?
Spatial Interaction (or Connectivity)
What is the term for the total number of people divided by the total land area, often used to describe population distribution?
Population Density
What is the term for the process of desert expansion into semi-arid lands, often caused by human activities and climate change?
Desertification
What is the name of the projection that accurately shows the sizes of landmasses but distorts their shapes, particularly near the poles?
Gall-Peters Projection
What is the name given to a large-scale global wind pattern that results from differences in air pressure and the Coriolis effect, leading to consistent weather patterns in different regions?
Global atmospheric circulation cells (e.g., Hadley, Ferrel, Polar cells) or Global wind belts (e.g., Trade Winds, Westerlies) - I will use "Global Wind Belts" as a more accessible answer for a general course review.
What is the Von Thünen Model primarily used to explain in human geography?
The spatial distribution of agricultural activities around an urban market, based on land rent and transportation costs.
What key concept in geography emphasizes that all places are interconnected and that actions in one place can have effects in other places?
Globalization (or Interdependence)
What is the name of the international agreement aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change, signed in 2015?
Paris Agreement