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100
This is the study of the Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it.
What is Geography?
100
This is the art of map making.
What is Cartography?
100
This helps to establish direction on a map.
What is compass rose?
100
These are pictures or representations of the Earth’s surface.
What is a map?
100
These maps show a three dimensional world in a two dimensional context.
What is topographical map?
200
The word “geography” comes from the Greek word that means __________.
What is “Earth writing”?
200
These maps illustrates the physical features of an area such as mountains, lakes, or rivers.
What is a physical map?
200
Unlike the physical map, these maps concentrate on state and national boundaries, capitals, and major cities.
What is a political map?
200
These maps show major and some minor highways, airports, railroads, cities, and other points of interest in an area.
What is a road map?
200
this map gives information about precipitation and climate of a region
What is a climate map?
300
This helps to determine distance.
What is a scale?
300
This is a person whose profession is making maps.
What is a cartographer?
300
This is an area with common features that set it apart from other areas.
What is a region?
300
Regions that are defined by Earth’s natural environment.
What is a physical region?
300
A region identified by weather patterns that an area has over a long period of time.
What is a climate region?
400
These are the biggest kind of physical region, and can be divided into smaller ones.
What are continents?
400
These are ways of living that people practice regularly over time.
What are customs?
400
These are the things people believe are most important in life.
What are values?
400
The more specific a person gets about region and location, you have a ___________ .
What is a place?
400
This deals with the settlement of people on the Earth’s surface.
What is movement?
500
these are the 5 themes of Geography.
What are region, place, location, movement, humans and environment?
500
Studying this shows how people effect where they live and vice versa.
What is environment?
500
This refers to an area on the Earth’s surface.
What is location?
500
Many people’s values are shaped by their __________.
What is religion?
500
This is the way of life of a group of people, including their daily habits, beliefs, and arts.
What is culture?