Location
Lines on a map that run east to west and measure north to south
What is latitude?
Always changing
What is dynamic?
A part of something
What is a component?
The number of continents on planet Earth
What is 7?
The starting point for measuring longitude
These make places meaningful to people
What are characteristics?
Regions are made up of two or more of these
What are places?
The number of oceans on planet Earth
I want to go to the library in my town and I can't remember what building it is next to. This type of location will help me find where to go.
What is relative location
Places are defined by what kind of characteristics
What are physical and human?
The region of the US I am in currently
What is the North East?
The only continent that is also the name of a country
What is Australia?
How the coordinates on the latitude line 40 above the equator and longitude 75 left of the prime meridian would be written
What is 40N 75W?
These are studied to help geographers learn about places
What are landscapes?
This is the reason geographers study regions
What is to identify the broad patterns of larger areas?
The only ocean that is shared by 4 continents
What is Atlantic Ocean?
The coordinates of the point where the equator and prime meet
What is 0 0?
The reason geographers study how places change over time
What is understanding the impact of a place?
The region of the world is Afghanistan in
What is the Middle East
The only continent Miss Drezek has ever been to
What is North America