Intro to Geography

Latitude and Longitude

100

These run east to west but measure locations north and south of the equator. 

Lines of latitude!

200

This is the middle longitude line with a measurement of 0^o

The Prime Meridian

300

34^o N is a line of what?

A Line of Latitude 

400

JR is standing at 50 degrees North Latitude. Karson is at 12 degrees North Latitude. Which one is closer to the Equator?

Karson

500

(See Image) What are the coordinates of point A?

20^o N, 100^o E

5 Themes of Geography

100

This theme describes where a place is

Location

200

Grouping places that have similarities is an example of which of the five themes of geography?

Region

300

Someone chopping down a large number of trees to build a mall is an example of which of the five themes?

Human-Environment Interaction

400

A human geographer who is studying the way people in India raise their children would be studying which of the five themes? 

Place

500

Okra being brought from Africa to the Southern United States through the Transatlantic Slave Trade is an example of which of the five themes?

Movement

Directions

100

500 miles away from Arkansas is this type of location

Relative

200

These are the four cardinal directions

North, East, South, West

300

Coordinates are an example of what type of location?

Absolute

400

Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest are an example of what type of directions

Intermediate

500

If I am facing southeast, but I turned around and started walking the opposite way, which way am I now walking?

Northwest

Maps

100

This is the part of a map that shows what symbols represent

Key/Legend

200

This is the part of the map that shows the cardinal directions

A Compass Rose

300

This part of the map shows how small something is compared to its actual size

Scale

400

The kind of map you would use to find which continent India is located on

Political

500

The kind of map you would look at to understand how each state voted in a presidential election

A thematic map

Map Projections

100

When transfering the globe to a flat piece of paper, this occurs

Distortion

200

On this type of map, Greenland is far too large and Africa is far too small 

Mercator

300

T/F: A globe has parallel lines of longitude 

False

400

This map projection shows accurate size, but distorts the shape of the landmasses

Mollweide

500

This map projection is typically used to navigate the ocean

Mercator