Vocabulary
5 Themes of Geography
6 Essential Elements of Geography
Branches of Geography
Random Trivia
100

A flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth's surface

A Map

100

How and why people and things move

Movement
100

The physical and human characteristics of places

Places and Regions

100

What are the two main branches of geography?

Physical Geography and Human Geography

100

How is a globe similar to a map?

Example Answers:

Both show what the world looks like

Both show the Earth's physical features

Both identify and describe the world's countries and major cities

200

An area that includes its land, water, climate, plants, and animals

Environment

200

Describes the features that make a site unique

Place

200

The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement

Human systems

200

The study of the world's physical features- its landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants

Physical Geography

200

What are the three levels that geographers study the world?

Local, Regional, Global

300

The science of making maps

Cartography

300

Areas that share common characteristics

Regions

300

How to apply geography to interpret the past

The Uses of Geography

300

Give an example of what a human geographer might study and why

Example answers:

What jobs do people have? 

What crops do they grow?  

What makes people move from place to place?

300

Give an example of an absolute direction

A street address

400
The study of weather and what causes it

Meteorology

400

Describes where something is

Location

400

How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

The World in Spatial Terms

400

What is hydrology?

The study of water on earth

400

How are maps and globes different?

A globe is spherical like Earth and shows the world as it really is; A globe is large and bulky to carry around

A map is not able to perfectly show a spherical area on a perfectly flat surface; A map is easier to carry around and use than a map; Maps distort sizes and distances of places in relation to each other; maps show more information than globes 

500

A field that studies people and the relationships among them

Social Science

500

How people interact with their environments

Human-Environment Interaction

500

How human actions modify the physical environment

Environment and society

500

Give an example of what a physical geographer might study and why

Example Answers:

Where are the plains and mountain ranges?

How do rivers flow across the landscape? 

Why is rainfall different in different places?

500

Give an example of a relative location

Example Answers:

Describing a place in relation to another place

     Turn at the McDonalds

     Canada is north of the United States