This theme refers to how people are affected by their surroundings and how we effect our world and its conditions.
What is human-environment interaction?
100
Name the four hemispheres.
What is western hemisphere, northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, eastern hemisphere?
100
The imaginary line measured at 0 degrees, runs from the north pole to the south pole and separates the eastern and western hemispheres.
What is prime meridian?
100
This is the study of the Earth's surface and what shapes it, the connection between places and relationships between people and their environments.
What is geography?
200
This theme tells us where something is; which can be absolute or relative.
What is location?
200
Define "compass rose" and list the four cardinal directions.
What has arrows that point to all four principal directions and north, south, east and west?
200
This imaginary line measured at 0 degrees, circle the Earth at its widest point and separates the northern from the southern hemispheres.
What is the equator?
200
This is a scale model of the earth which shows actual shapes, relative sizes and location of landmarks; it has the most accurate information about distance and directions.
What is a conic projection?
200
Another name of a line of latitude.
What are parallels?
300
This theme is about the relationships between places and how people, good, or ideas get from place to place.
What is movement?
300
List the four oceans
What is Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Artic Oceans?
300
These lines run east ot west, and measure distance north or south of the equator in degrees.
What are lines of latitude?
300
This type of map makes areas near the poles look bigger than they are. The lines of latitude and longitude are all parallel with correct shapes, but not true distances or sizes, especially the polar region.
What is a cylindircal projection?
300
Another name for the line of longitude.
What are meridians?
400
This theme identifies a location's physical and human features.
What is place?
400
Name the seven continents.
What is North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antartica?
400
These lines run north to south and measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian in degrees.
What are lines of longitude?
400
This type of map shows the correct sizes of landmasses in relation to others but distorts shap and direction.
What is conic projection?
400
The location of a place as described by the places near it.
What is relative location?
500
This theme allows geographers to make comparisons in unifying characteristics between places, such as climate, populations, language, or history
What is region?
500
Name the section of a map that explains the symbol for the map features
What is a legend?
500
The exact address of a place measure by latitude and longitude.
What is absolute location?
500
This type of map shows the correct distance between places, but only covers a small area since mpas of the world can't do this large scale.