Physical or Human Geography
Climate
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
What is physical geography?
an elevated landform like a mountain but is rounded instead of peaked.
What is a hill?
0 degrees latitude line is called....
Equator
A visual representation of an area or Earth.
What is a map
What are the biggest bodies of water called?
Oceans
The study of prehistoric peoples.
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
What is human geography?
Central and South America are connected by this narrow landform in Panama that is great for building canals.
What is an Isthmus?
This serves as the base level for measuring elevation and depth on Earth (even though it is NOT the same level all around the planet).
What is sea level?
This is the line that separates the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere. It is at 0 degrees longitude.
What is the prime meridian
It was formed slightly over 66 million years ago when an asteroid, about ten kilometers in diameter, struck the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico?
What is a Chicxulub?
Population of China
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
What is human geography?
The portion of Earth where all living organisms and their environments are found.
What is the Biosphere?
Used to measure temperature, latitude, and longitude, usually in Tens
Degrees
A picture on a map that shows directions such as east, west, south, and north.
What is a compass rose
Which is the SECOND largest continent?
Africa
The diamond mines of South Africa.
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
What is Human Geography?
(The diamond deposits were put there by Nature, but the mines were made by people.)
Can be measured absolutely or relatively
What is Location?
A system that uses a network of earth orbiting satellites to pinpoint absolute locations.
What is global positioning system (GPS)
What is another name for a map key?
Legend
The original inhabitants of Australia
Who are Aboriginal?
The Amazon River
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
What is physical geography?
A chain of islands close to each other ________.
What is an archipelago?
The study of the Earth
What is geography
A spherical or ball shaped, model of the entire planet.
What is globe
A scientific theory explaining the movement of Earth's continents over geological time?
What is the continental drift?