World Geography Chap 1

Front 1

Location

Back 1

_____________ is the basic tool foranswering the question of where something is.

Front 2

Absolute location

Back 2

_______________ __________ is the exact location of aplace on the earth described by global coordinates.

Front 3

Hemispheres

Back 3

The earth is divided into two halves that are called ____________.

Front 4

Grid system

Back 4

A_______ _______ is lines on globes of maps that form a pattern that help locate places.

Front 5

Relative location

Back 5

__________ ___________ is the location of one place in relation to another place.

Front 6

Place

Back 6

A __________ is a particular space with physical and human meaning

Front 7

Formal region

Back 7

A _________ ____________ is defined by a common characteristic, such as a product produced there.

Front 8

Regions

Back 8

______________are areas united by specific factors.

Front 9

Functional

Back 9

A ___________ region is a central place and the surrounding area linked to it, for example, by a high-way system.

Front 10

Perceptual

Back 10

A ___________ region is defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data.

Front 11

Ecosystem

Back 11

An __________ is a community of plants and animals that depend upon one another, and their surroundings, for survival.

Front 12

Movement

Back 12

A recurring theme in geography is the ongoing __________ of people, goods, and ideas.

Front 13

Human-environment interaction

Back 13

____________ _________ ________, or the study of the interrelationship between people and their physical environment

Front 14

Physical geography

Back 14

_________ __________focuses on the study of the earth’s physical features. It looks at climate,land, water, plants, and animal life in terms of their relationships to oneanother and to humans.

Front 15

Human geography

Back 15

_________ _________, or cultural geography, is thestudy of human activities and their relationship to the cultural factor, suchas population density, urban development, economic production, and ethnicity

Front 16

Meteorology

Back 16

___________ is the study of weather and weather forecasting

Front 17

Cartography

Back 17

___________ is the study and making of maps.

Front 18

Geographic information systems (GIS)

Back 18

_______ _______ _______are designed to accept data from many different sources including maps, satellites, printed texts, and statistics.

Front 19

Digital

Back 19

The GIS converts the data into a _______ code that arranges it in a data base which is used to create maps which can be changed quickly.

Front 20

Equator

Back 20

The __________ is an imaginary line that runs around the earth halfway between the North and South Poles; used as the starting point to measure degrees of north and south latitude.

Front 21

Latitude

Back 21

_________ is the distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees.

Front 22

Longitude

Back 22

_________is the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees.

Front 23

Prime Meridian

Back 23

_______ _______ is the line of the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole at Greenwich, England; starting point for measuring degrees of east and west longitude.

Front 24

Continent

Back 24

A ___________ is one of seven (7)large land masses on the earth.

Front 25

formal, functional, and perceptual

Back 25

What are the types of regions identifies by geographers?

Front 26

What does physical geography look at?

Back 26

It looks at climate, land, water, plants, andanimal life in terms of their relationship to one another and to humans.

Front 27

What does human geography focus on?

Back 27

political, economic, and cultural factors, suchas population density, urban development, economic production, and ethnicity