intro to geography study guide

What is a continent?

A continent is landmasses that are the largest pieces of land on earth.

What is the highest waterfall in the world and where is it located?

Angel Falls. It is located in VEnezuela. The capital is caracas.

ocean east of north america

Atlantic

What is the only continent in the world to span across all four hemispheres?

Africa. Majority of Africa's located in eastern.

southernmost continent

Antarctica

island continent

Australia

. If you tell a friend, "Grandma's house is a thirty-minute drive north of my house," which kind of location are you describing? A. absolute location B. relative location

B

Which kind of location can be found on a map or globe? A. relative location B. absolute location

B

Which theme of geography studies the way people and places change each other? A. human/environment interaction B. movement C. region D. location E. place

B

Physical features were made by ______. A. machines B. man C. nature D. all of the above

C

Which of these is NOT a physical feature? A. ocean B. mountain C. river D. religion

D

Which theme of geography answers the question "Where are we?" A. region B. human/environment interaction C. movement D. location

D

Absolute Relative

Describes where a place is in relation to something else.

Place:

Different places have different animals,wildlife, and people.

Which theme of geography studies the people, weather, climate, and animals of an area? A. human/environment interaction B. region C. location D. movement E. place

E

continent west of asia

Europe

Which continent does not have a desert?

Europe.

Hemispheres-

Everything to the left is the western hemisphere.Everything to the right is the eatern hemisphere. The US is located in the northern hemisphere and the western hemisphere. Australia is located in the southern hemisphere and the eastern hemisphere.

Define Geography

Geography is the study of earth and its features.

Ocean east of Africa

Indian

What is the tallest mountain in the world? It is located in the country of? What is the capital of this country? It is located in what mountain range?

Mount Everest. located in asia. Nepal (is between india and china) is the home of mount everest. The capital is the kathmandu. Himalayas mountain range.

what is the tallest mountain in north america and where is it located

Mountain mckinley also known as mountain denali located in alaska. It is in denali national park.

Physical map

Mtns, deserts, lakes, rivers.

England, France, and Spain are located in

North America

Caspian Sea

North of Iron. Caspan sea is not a sea it is a lake. The caspian sea is the largest lake in the world. Salt water underneath minerals underground.

largest ocean

Pacific

Human Environment Interaction:

People have built different kinds of homes and buildings in these different places.the way people change their places.

What country is the world's largest production of cork?

Portugal (europe) west of spain. Capital lisbon.

What 4 areas of the world makes up the region of Latn America?

Region - is an area with common characteris. Central America, South America, Mexico, and the caribbean.

What is the largest {hot} desert in the world?

Sahara desert. Is located on the Africa continents. It extends over 11 different countries over northern africa. It is the size of the United states. It is not always hot.

Ural Mountains

Separates Europe from Asia.

Put these oceans in order from smallest to largest. Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean

The oceans from smallest to largest are Arctic Ocean, Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean.

lines of latitude are also called

parallels

Latitude-

they run east and west. they never intersect. Another name for latitude are parallel lines. 0 degrees latitude is the equator. Everything you see in the north is in the northern hemisphere. Everything you see in south is the southern hemisphere.

Vegetation

Trees, grass, and plants.

Why are there very few people who live in Antarctica?

Very few people live in Antarctica because Antarctica is very cold so only a few people live there and only for short time.

the invisible line at 0 degrees longitude is the

prime meridian

opposite north

south

Brazils continent

south america

which hemisphere are both south america and antarctica found in

southern hemisphere

what shape is the planet earth

sphere

Australia has six

states

lines of latitude run

west and east

which hemisphere are both north america and south america found in

western hemisphere

which hemisphere are asia,austrailia, and most of europe found in

eastern hemisphere

divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres

equator

the invisible line at 0 degrees latitude is the

equator

Another word for a physical feature is

land forms

lines of what measure how far from the equator a place is

latitude

5 Themes of Geography:

location,place,human/environment interaction,movement,region

lines of what run from the north to the south pole.

longitude

lines of longitude are also called

meridians

direction of the north pole from the equator

north

U.S.A continent

north america

lines of longitude run

north and south

Region:

.an area with common characteristics. A region is an area. It makes geography easier to study if you look at smaller areas that have things in common.

Continents rank them largest to smallest in land masses

1) Asia 2) Africa 3) NA 4) SA 5) Antarctica 6) Europe 7) Australia.

Eurasia

Landmass of Europe and Asia.

Russia

Largest country in the world on 2 continents Ural mtns. Runs through Russia. Capital is Moscow.

Longitude-

Long lines running from the north pole all the way to the south pole. These lines do intersect. Another name for the lines of longitude is meridians. O degrees longitude is the prime meridians.

Which artificial waterway connects the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean?

The Panama Canal. It is located in the country of panama. It is on the north american continent. 50 miles long. The french started the panama canal but it failed. Theordore rossavalet was the US president that had the canal built. He was the 26 president of us. He was president of the years of 1901 and 1909. He was the first president to lead the country while in office. 1914 was the year that the Panama canal officially opened. It takes between 6-8 hours for a ship to pass through the panama canal.

If I am in the Atlantic Ocean, what continents am I between?

The continents between the Atlantic Ocean is North America and Europe.

Location:

The exact location. It is a place that can be found on a map or globe.

Name the five oceans

The five oceans are the Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean.

Name the seven continents

The seven continents are Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, Europe, North America and South America.

Movement:

The way people move from place to place is different in different places. People need to move food and other items to the places where they live. Over the history of the United States, the ability to move people and things helped the United States.

continent between the atlantic and indian oceans

africa

northernmost ocean

arctic

large continent northeast of africa

asia

earth spins on it

axis

land masses of earth

continents