Site or Situation Geography?
Population of China
Site or Situation
Situation
groups of places that have distinct boundaries and share characteristics.
region
Imaginary Lines that run east to west
lines of latitude
A picture on a map that shows directions such as east, west, south, and north.
a compass rose
How many continents and oceans?
7 and 5
Climate
Site or Situation?
Site
Site and Situation make this up
place
0 degrees latitude line is called....
Equator
A map that uses darker or lighter colors to represent data.
Choropleth map
What are the biggest bodies of water called?
Oceans
The Amazon River
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
Site
Explains how people and the environment interact with each other.
human environment interaction
The study, science and drawing of maps
Cartography
A spherical or ball shaped, model of the entire planet.
globe
What are the biggest landforms called?
Continents
The most successful early Civilization because of its Site Characteristics
Egypt
This is one of the major reasons Russia gets invaded
North European Plain
Imaginary lines that run north to south
Lines of Longitude
This is the line that separates the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere. It is at 0 degrees longitude.
the prime meridian
Does a global map or state map have a bigger scale of analysis?
State
The reason the USA doesn't get invaded from Europe
3000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean
Can be measured absolutely, relatively, or generally
Location
Scared Hearts is across the street from McDonalds.
relative location
What is a map that changes the sizes of its boundaries based on the data within its borders?
Cartogram
A place name
Toponym