Tools
They show the world as it really is - just smaller
Globes
The Mountain range that separates Asia and Europe
Ural Mountains
What is the name of the sphere that includes all water, earth, air and animals.
Biosphere
This theme is used to ask where a city or earth feature is
Location
Your Longitude and Latitude describes this kind of Location
Absolute Location
Showing the round Earth on these flat tools distorts some details
Maps
What two hemispheres can you find North America in.
West and North
Name the layers of the earth from outside to inside.
Crust, Mantle, Outer core, Inner core
A part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas
Region
A rainfall map is this type of map.
Thematic
The science of making maps
Cartography
What mountain range runs down the west side of South America
The Andes
The kind of plate movement creates the Himalayans
Subduction
The theme that deals with the spread of ideas, goods, or people.
Movement
The study of the distribution and interaction of human features and physical features
Geography
Name three Maps geographers use
Topographical/reference, Navigational, Thematic
What River is found in northern China.
The yellow river
A tsunami starts at this point of an oceanic earthquake.
Epicenter
The theme that deals with human adaptation.
Human environment interaction
These bodies of water in North America were formed by Glaciers
The Great Lakes
A computer program that capture's analyzes and maniupulate geographic data.
GIS
What body of water does the Nile drain into.
The Mediterranean sea
The mixture of organic material in soil
Humus
This Theme of Geography describes features that make a site unique
Place
Sri Lanka's natural jungles is a description of this theme.
Region