Physical Geography
What is a tool created by the military that uses satellites to find location; longitude and longitude?
GPS-Global Positioning System
Lake Tahoe can be found in what sphere?
Hydrosphere
Leaving a war torn country is an example of a
Push Factor
What is a system of government in which one person reigns?
Monarchy
What is a tool that geographers use to store information about the world in a digital database?
GIS-Geographic Information System
What four major factors influence climate?
Wind/ocean currents
Zones of latitude
Elevation
Topography
When one adopts the ideas, beliefs, and practices of another or another one's culture-this process is known as what?
Cultural Convergence
Christianity is an example of what type of religion?
Montheistic
What are the five themes of geography?
Location, place, region, movement, human-environment interaction (hei)
What are the four major aspects of the water cycle?
Condensation
Precipitation
Infiltration
Evaporation
Christianity is an example of what type of religion?
Monotheistic
What are the three major types of religion in the world?
Polytheistic
Animistic
Which theme would describe culture?
Place
Convergent boundary
In the rain shadow effect, what causes the leeward side to receive less precipitation?
Topographic barrier-mountains peak
What type of leader is appointed in a democracy?
President
DFW is an example of:
A Functional Region
What are the three types of boundaries created by tectonic plate movement?
Divergent
Convergent
Transformation
The process of Apple products spreading from the U.S to the rest of the world is known as what?
Cultural Diffusion
Hinduism is an example of what type of Religion?
Polytheistic