General
The study of the earth.
What is geography?
Studies aspects of population such as birth and death rates, population distribution, and population density.
What is population geography?
This tool is a flat 2D representation of Earth's features.
What is a map?
List the three types of maps.
What is physical map, political map, and thematic map?
How do humans and the environment affect each other?
We depend on it, modify it, and adapt to it.
Democracy, oligarchy, autocracy, dictatorship, anarchy, monarchy, communism, etc.
A three dimensional representation (a sphere) of Earth.
What is a globe?
What is Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western? What is the equator and the prime meridian?
his theme studies the defining characteristics of one place that makes it uniquely different from all other places on earth
What is place?
The study of how people use space in cities.
What is urban geography?
A person who makes maps.
What is a cartographer?
What are the 3 basic types of regions? Briefly describe each.
Formal (Uniform) Regions
Functional (Nodal) Regions
Perceptual (Vernacular) regions
A graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population.
What is a population pyramid?
Name at least 3 parts of a map.
What is Map key/legend, scale, compass rose, directional arrow?
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What is Black Lightning?
The scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets
What is hydrology?
Your street address describes this theme.
What is absolute location?
What are the four types of economic systems?
Traditional Economy
Command Economy
Mixed Economy
Market Economy
Showing the round Earth on flat maps will do this to some details of a map.
What is distort?
the center of the city and is the key area for business and commercial activity (ex: downtown Atlanta)
What is Central Business District (CBD)?