World Geography
What is the equator?
A latitudinal imaginary line that runs west to east at 0 degrees that divides the globe into northern and southern hemispheres..
What is the prime meridian?
A longitudinal imaginary line that runs north to south. It is zero degrees and separates the globe into western and eastern hemispheres.
What is the purpose of a thematic map
A map that emphasizes a single idea or particular information about an area.
What is the northern most ocean?
Arctic.
What is the largest continent in the world.
Asia
What ocean is west of Africa yet east of north and south america.
Atlantic Ocean
Who creates maps?
Cartographers
What type of features would you expect to see on a political map.
Cities, human made features, state lines.
What is relative location?
Comparing 1 place to its surroundings.
What are the main differences between differing map projections?
Distance, shape, direction or size could be distorted, while other areas on the map can show clear accuracy.
Photographing people helps geographers learn how people think or feel about a place.
False: Interviewing
Human Geography is the study of human activities such as politics, economics and science.
False: It is politics, economics and culture
The 2 major branches of geography are physical geography and ecology.
False: Physical and Human
The study of cartography in government helps geographers understand how places have changed over time.
False; History not cartography
By studying economics, geographers learn how the location of cities affects various economic activities.
False; Resources not cities
Computers help geographers use technology to simplify complex data.
False; Statistics, not technology
Why are there so many types of geographers?
Geography skills are useful in so many different situations that geographers have more than 100 different job titles.
What are the 5 themes of geography.
Human-enviroment interaction, movement, region, location, place.
What ocean is east of Africa, South of Asia and West of Australia.
Indian Ocean.
What is geography?
It lets people understand connections between places and environments
What forms the global grid?
Longitude and latitude.
What are the aspects on a map.
Map key, Scale, Compass Rose, Title, Inset Map
What are the main features of a physical map.
Mountains, land forms, all things nature
What is the largest ocean in the wold?
Pacific Ocean
What ocean is west of North and South America?
Pacific Ocean
What types of maps are there?
Physical Political Thematic Qualitative Flow Line
How does technology change maps?
Technology makes it easier and quicker to make maps. It helps make the map more to scale and more accurate.
How is the absolute location of a place determined?
The exact position of an object or place, measured within the spatial coordinates of a grid system.
How many hemispheres are there and what is located in them.
There are 4 hemisphere, Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern. The United States is located in the NorthWest Hemisphere. South America is located in the SouthWest Hemisphere. Africa is located in all 4 hemispheres, but mainly in the Eastern Hemisphere Europe is located in the North Eastern Hemisphere, Asia is located in the North Eastern Hemisphere Australia is located in the South Eastern Hemisphere. Antartica is in 3 hemispheres - East, West and Southern, all of it is in the Southern Hemisphere.
What do Flow Line maps show?
They illustrate the movement of people, animals, goods, and ideas as well as physical processes like hurricanes and glaciers.
What does contiguous mean
They share a border.
What do Qualitative maps show?
They use colors, symbols, lines or dots to show information related to a specific idea.
Describe the function of a maps key.
To help depict symbols and lines on a map.
Geographers who make or design maps are known as cartographers
True
Physical Geographers studied the earths physical features.
True
Satellites, computers and geographic information systems are types of technology used by geographers.
True
one of the specialized research methods geographers use in their work is direct observations.
True
What is the principal advantage of a flat map over a round globe?
Unlike globes, maps can show small areas in great detail.
