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Geographer's Tools
Branches of Geography
Latitude & Longitude
100

Which theme of geography includes absolute and relative?  

Location

100

Tells what the subject of a map is.

Title

100

What branch of geography is geography as a science?

Physical 

100

These types of lines run east to west.

Latitude

200

Which theme of geography includes the transmission of products, people, and ideas from one place to another.  

Movement

200

Represents the distance between points on a map.

scale

200

What type of geography is geography as a social science?

human geography

200

The 0 degree latitude line is called the _____________.

equator

300

Which theme of geography refers to where something is in relation to another thing?

Place

300

Explains what the symbols on the map represent.

Legend/Key

300

Fill in the blanks:  Geography is the study of the _____________, its __________________, and the ____________________ they create.  

world, people, landscapes

300

The 0 degree longitude line is called the ___________________.

Prime Meridian

400

Which type of map shows countries, states, and cities?

Political

400

Three tools a geographer uses to visualize the earth.

map, globe, satellite

400

List the four features of human geography.

People, communities, cultures, landscapes

400
The word "parallels" describes these type of lines.
Latitude
500

Lines of latitude and longitude create an imaginary ____________ on the globe.  

grid
500

Three types of map projections.

conic, cylindrical, flat plane

500

List the 4 features of Human Geography

People, Communities, Cultures, Landscapes

500

The word "meridians" describe these types of lines.

Longitude