Five Themes
Map Skills
Climate
Physical Features
Geography
100
movement
Selling your clothes to a friend is an example of which theme of geography?
100
0 degrees and International Date Line
What is the longitude measure of the Prime Meridian and what is the name on the opposite side?
100
Tropics
what climates can be found in the low latitudes?
100
isthmus
What is a narrow strip of land between two bodies of water?
100
study of the earth and its people, places and interactions with the environment.
What is geography?
200
longitude and latitude
What are the lines which help us find the absolute location of any place on earth?
200
0 degrees
What is the latitude measure of the equator?
200
Temperate
What climates can be found in the middle latitudes?
200
Butte
what is a flat topped rock formation with steep sides?
200
365 1/4
What is the number of days in a year?
300
the location of a place based on the areas or regions that surround it based on the cardinal directions
what is relative location
300
The lines of latitude
The lines of latitude measure how far __________ and __________ you are of the __________ AND The lines of longitude measure how far __________ and __________ you are of the __________
300
Polar
What climate types can be found in the high latitudes?
300
reef
underwater sea growth of coral near the surface of an ocean
300
to understand the ways people have adapted and modified thier surroundings. Also, how do we depend on the earth for everyday life.
why do we study Human Environment Interaction?
400
the movement of goods people and ideas
What is the movement theme of geogrpahy?
400
Equator Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Artic Circle Antartic Circle make inferences about regional climates
Identify the five major line of Latitude and what they allow geographers to do when making inferneces about climates.
400
Latitude Elevation Ocean Currents Large bodies of water
What are the four steps to determining CLimate of a region?
400
Delta
What is area of fertile soil rich with silt which flows downstream in a river and where the river empties into a large body of water.
400
the picture you see of the natural vegetation, people, and physical features of a region.
What is a landscape?
500
the way in which humans depend, adapt and modify thier environment. Varies
What is the Human Environment Theme of Geogrpahy and give an example of each (A, D, M)
500
by using the geogprahic grid of latitude and longitude they can locate any place on earth
what is the geographic grid and how does it help geographers?
500
Temperate or tropical
What is the nbest climate type fo Agriculture?
500
archipalego
gropup of small islands