Vocab
What is the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create?
geography
What is the flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth's surface?
map
What is the one disease we looked at this week that affects mainly third world countries?
Malaria
What do geographers use for visuals?
Charts, Graphs, and Diagrams
Is Australia wider than the moon?
True
What is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight?
Glacier
What is the spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire Earth
globe
What is the other disease that is slowly making a come back and has now infected roughly 2 billion of the people around the world?
TB or Tuberculosis
What are are products of Earth that people use to meet their needs?
Natural Resources
Scotland chose the duck as its national animal.
False, the unicorn
What is a line of latitude that runs around the middle of the Earth?
Equator
What tool helps geographers and explores find the correct direction to travel in?
Compass
According to the Human Development Index (HDI) what is the happiest country in the world?
Norway
What continent does Mexico belong in?
North America
Avocados are vegetables.
False, they are not
What are the natural surroundings of a place?
Environment
What do geographers use to create, update, and compare maps?
computers
What is life expectancy?
The average amount of years a person is expected to live.
Water—in the form of streams, rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans—covers nearly what percentage of Earth's surface?
70%
The Eiffel Tower gets taller in the summer.
True, it does
What is the average weather in an area over a long period of time?
Climate
What object in space gathers images and information to help geographers make accurate maps?
satellite
What are the three things the happiest country in the world develops to ensure their people thrive?
Education, Economy, and Health
Mount Fuji is the highest point located in which country?
Japan
Switzerland prohibits the ownership of just one guinea pig.
True, you need two