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Large landmasses that Earth is divided into. What are they called, and how many are there?
What is 7 Continents.
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This instrument is used to find “magnetic” north.
What is Compass Rose.
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What geographers study to help them understand the earth and its’ people.
What is...The 5 themes of geography
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An imaginary line that runs at 0 degrees latitude and splits the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator.
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Naturally formed feature on Earthʼs surface.
What is landforms.
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List the 7 continents in alphabetical order.
What is Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America.
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When studying the theme of location, latitude and longitude are used to find..
What is absolute location using global coordinates.
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The theme of geography that asks the question: “Where is it?”
What is Location.
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Imaginary lines, also known as meridians, that measure how far east and west a place is from the prime meridian.
What is lines of Longitude.
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How many time zones are there in the world?
What is 24 time zones, one for sac hour of the day.
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What are the largest bodies of water? How many are there?
What is 7 Oceans.
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Geographers divide globe into equal halves called...
What is hemispheres.
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The theme that is answered when geographers look at fossils and artifacts. “What is it like?"
What is place
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Imaginary lines, also known as parallels, that measure how far north and south a place is from the equator.
What is lines of Latitude.
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Question: Which two geographic themes are most concerned with people?
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List the 7 Oceans.
What is North and South Pacific Ocean, North and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Southern Ocean.
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Name 5 features that can help you read and understand maps.
What is Title: tells subject of map, what information is shown Compass rose: shows directions: north, south, east, west Symbols: represent items such as capital cities, natural resources Legend: or key, lists and explains symbols, colors used on map Lines of longitude: measure distances east, west of prime meridian Lines of latitude: measure distances north, south of equator Scale: is used to fi gure out distance between two locations on map Labels: indicate names of cities, landforms, bodies of water Colors: represent variety of information on map, explained in legend
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How people and ideas are linked together.
What is movement.
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An imaginary line that runs at 0 degrees longitude and splits the earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian.
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An area that has similar average temperatures and precipitation throughout.
What is Climate Zone.
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This region of the earth is both the largest and is home to the most people.
What is Asia.
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What different maps do we use to see natural, human-made features, and to understand patterns?
What is: Political maps show features that people created. Physical maps show landforms, bodies of water. Thematic maps have certain information about a place, region.
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The study of the earth and the ways people live and work on it is known as...
What is geography.
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Time zones are separated by lines of...
What is longitude.
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Earth’s climate zones are... explain each.
What is Polar Climate zone, where it is cold year round. Temperate climate zone, where there are hot and cold days throughout the year. Tropic climate zone, where there is warm weather year round.