Geography Basics
The study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth.
What is geography?
This is the atmospheric conditions in a given place, at a given time.
What is weather?
Fossil fuels are an example of this type of natural resource.
What is nonrenewable?
The beliefs, customs, practices, and behaviors of a particular group of people.
What is culture?
The world population is over this large number.
What is 8 billion?
These are the five themes of geography.
What are location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction?
This latitude zone is the most likely to experience seasonal changes in weather.
What are temperate zones?
This results from trees being harvested faster than they can be regrown.
What is deforestation?
These include language, laws, religion, value, food, clothing and other customs.
What are cultural traits?
This is the largest continent in the world by land area and population.
What is Asia?
These imaginary lines run east-west, but measure degrees north and south of the equator. They're also called parallels.
What is latitude?
The movement of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again.
What is the water cycle?
This is the act of leaving one's home country for a new one.
What is emigration?
The spread of cultural traits from one culture to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
This popular fast-food restaurant can be found in over 100 countries around the world.
What is McDonald's?
These are the cardinal directions.
What are north, south, east, and west?
This is the average weather of a place over an extended period of time.
What is climate?
A new job opportunity might cause someone to immigrate. This new opportunity is considered one of these.
What is a pull factor?
The level of comfort enjoyed by a person or society.
What is standard of living?
A hurricane is this type of storm.
What is a tropical cyclone?
This famous landmark, a gift from France, is located at 40° 41' 21" N, 74° 2' 40" W.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
This climate zone is the coldest and driest.
What are the polar zones?
Because we need them to meet our basic needs.
Why don't we stop extracting natural resources?
A group of people with a shared culture who have organized themselves to meet their basic needs.
What is a society?
These two imaginary lines encircle the Earth and represent the furthest north and south that the sun can appear directly overhead at noon. This happens because of the tilt of Earth’s axis in relation to its orbit around the sun.
What are the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn?