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22 Cards in this Set
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NAME THE
5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY |
1. human-environment interaction
2. place 3. region 4. location 5. movement |
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(theme.1)
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION |
how the environment influences AND
is influenced by people |
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(theme.2)
PLACE |
compare natural/human-made features
of different areas |
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(theme.3)
REGION |
an area w/common features
sets it apart from other areas |
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(theme.4)
LOCATION |
find the exact or relative location
of a place |
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(theme.5)
MOVEMENT |
how people, goods, & ideas
move around the world |
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NAME THE 7 CONTINENTS
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Asia, Europe, Africa,
N. America, S. America, Antarctica, Australia |
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NAME THE 4 OCEANS
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Pacific
Arctic Atlantic Indian |
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NAME THE 4 CARDINAL DIRECTIONS
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North, South, East, West
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continent
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1 of the 7 large bodies of land on Earth
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hemisphere
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half of the Earth
(North/South) -- divided at equator (East/West) -- divided at Prime Meridian |
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equator
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an imaginary line around the Earth
halfway between North pole/South pole |
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Prime Meridian
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longitude line that is marked 0 degrees
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cardinal directions
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4 main directions of the globe:
N, S, E, W |
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intermediate directions
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4 directions between the main directions
NE, SE, NW, SW |
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scale
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the relative size of an object
(like a map vs. the real thing) |
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symbol
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anything that stands for something else
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map key
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part of the map that tells what the symbols stand for
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political map
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maps that show: cities, capitols, states, countries, continents, boundaries
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physical map
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maps that show: landforms, water
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elevation map
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a physical map that uses color to show how high/low the land is (elevations)
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distribution map
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maps that show how things are spread out in different parts of the world
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