Those who study Geography
Regions of the United States
Types of Maps
Types of Regions
Types of Climate
100
A person who studies the origin, behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans.
What is an anthropologist
100
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island make up this region
What is New England?
100
Presents land masses and the retention of proper shapes, but they're often distorted
What is a conformal map
100
Based on cold, hard facts, such as population, per capita income of the people who live there or even temperature
What is formal
100
No perceptible winter season. Sub types: Tropical rain forest, Tropical Monsoon, and Tropical Savannah
What is Tropical
200
A person who makes maps
What is a cartographer
200
Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and New York make up this region
What is the Mid-Atlantic
200
Reveals the features of actual geographical surfaces, like mountains, rivers, rocks, fault lines
What is a physical map
200
Organized around a focal point that include areas that are linked to them through communication patterns, transportation routes, or even TV broadcasts
What is functional
200
Characterized by water deficit, and has no permanent streams originating from their regions. Sub-types: Tropical and Sub Tropical Deserts, Tropical and Sub Tropical Steppes.
What is Dry Climate
300
An expert on geography
What is a geographer
300
West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida make up this region
What is the Southern Region
300
Demonstrates government boundaries and territorial borders for major countries, states, territories, provinces, etc.
What is a political map
300
Reflect human feelings and attitudes about areas
What is perceptual
300
Also known as the Tundra. Characterized by long season of severe winter and cold summer
What is Polar
400
A person who specializes in studying the processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
What is a meterologist
400
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio make up this region
What is the Mid-West
400
Shows land areas with relatively proper sizes; however, distortion can occur
What is an equal map
400
Experienced in the Mountainous region, and climate dependent on altitude and slope. Variable climates.
What is Highlands
500
A social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
What is a sociologist
500
Washington, Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Alaska, and Hawaii make up this region
What is the Western Region
500
Examines the actual facts of events or activities in certain regions or specific places (ex. Life expectancy)
What is fact-book maps