Vocabulary
Naturally occurring features on earth's surface
What is landform?
Weather conditions at a place over time
What is climate?
A person who makes maps is called:
What is a cartographer?
The movement of people from one place to another is called:
What is migration?
A change in society after accepting innovation (also called adaptation)
What is acculturation?
Lines that run parallel to the equator to locate places north or south or from pole to pole to locate places east or west are called:
What are latitude and longitude lines?
Condition of atmosphere at a particular location
What is weather?
What is a compass or compass rose?
The spread of ideas, inventions or behaviors is:
What is diffusion?
This type of map shows a great amount of detail and focuses on a small area
What is a large scale map?
Exact location on earth, often uses coordinates
What is absolute location?
This climate region would likely be the LEAST populated due to limited resources:
What is highland or tundra?
The part of the map that explains colors and symbols on the map
What is the legend?
The knowledge, attitudes and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a specific group
What is culture?
This type of map is commonly used in textbooks and shows entire earth with nearly true size & shape
What is a Robinson projection?
The location of a place as described by places around it
What is relative location?
An interdependent community of plants and animals is called:
What is an ecosystem?
The imaginary line that divides the earth from east to west is called
What is the prime meridian?
The type of religion that only worships ONE God
(examples: Christianity or Judaism)
What is monotheism?
The type of government controls all production and power (who rules)
What is communism?
The study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human geography
What is geography?
Factors that affect climate are:
What are wind/ocean currents, latitude, elevation & topography?
This kind of map shows features that are man made (boundaries and cities for example)
What is a political map?
Name 5 elements of culture
What are food, shelter, religion, family, language, education, political or social organization?
The 3 factors that affect the study of population are:
What is birth rate, fertility rate and mortality rate?