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31 Cards in this Set
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What is Geography and what does geography do? |
Geography is the study of Earth. Geography allows us to see the world more clearly. |
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BOLTS |
Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale |
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Grid Reference |
A 6 number sequence that shows exactly where one place is. |
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Area Reference |
A 4 number sequence that shows where a place is. |
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Scale |
Scale is a way that you can see maps without the maps being the actual size of the place. The map uses ratio to help find the real measurements for the place. |
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Latitude |
Latitude is the horizontal lines showing places on a world map |
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Longitude |
Longitude is the vertical lines showing places on a world map |
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Where does time start? |
Time starts in Greenwich, England |
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What are the 7 continents of the world? |
Antarctica, Australia, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Europe |
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What are the main horizontal lines when you see a globe? |
The Equator, the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. |
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What is the prime meridian? |
The prime meridian is the longitude line, that is at 0 degrees on the globe. |
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What are the five main oceans? |
Pacific, Atlantic, Antarctic, Indian and Arctic. |
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What is Insolation? |
Insolation is the amount of solar radiation reaching one point. |
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What are Biomes? |
Biomes are places with ecosystems and other systems in the wild. These ecosystems have different animals, different tribes and different plants. |
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What are some examples of biomes? |
Polar Lands, Rainforests, Coral Reefs, Deserts, Mountain Regions |
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What are Polar Lands? |
Polar Lands are the harshest, coldest environments on Earth, surrounding the north and south parts of the globe. |
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What indigenous groups live in the Polar Land areas? |
The Saami people and many more. |
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How do indigenous groups survive so long in the Polar Lands? |
The Sami were nomadic people who moved their area regularly due to seasons. These Sami people were very smart and adapted to their lifestyle, using things around them. The reindeers herders are one of the most famous groups. The Sami people hunted and trapped, bears, moose, reindeers and beavers. They also created storage huts to keep meat and other materials away from animals. |
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What types of animals live in polar lands? |
Bears, mooses, beavers, reindeers and more. |
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What is a rainforest? |
A rainforest is an area with lots of trees, that is made a rainforest for its wet and humid climate. |
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What indigenous groups live in the rainforest areas? |
The Yanomami and the Kayapo people. |
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How have these rainforest indigenous groups adapted to their environment? |
The yanomami people live in groups of 40 to 300 in a shelter called a shabono. They hunt fish and grow gardens. There are traditional groups for men and women, the men are hunters and the women gatherers. Conflict between groups is usually to gain more land or capture women, women can also be traded as wives for goods and for marriage arrangements that keep the peace. Marriages are usually done early and are pre-arranged. |
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What are Coral Reefs? |
Coral Reefs are said to be the rainforests of the sea. They involve alot of wildlife ranging from sharks, to coral, to fish, to sea cucumbers. It is one of the most productive biomes in the world creating homes for alot of wildlife. |
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What animals live in coral reefs? |
Coral reefs are mainly made up of coral but it is also home to other animals such as the clown fish, the parrot fish, seahorses and many more. |
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What is a desert? |
Deserts are environments that can be either hot or cold, but they are always dry. They receive very low rainfall. There are different types of deserts and some can look completely opposite to another one. |
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What types of people live in the desert? |
The San people are an indigenous tribe with many people, over 85,000 living today. |
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How have the San people adapted to their environments? |
The san people have adapted to their hot, dry environment that is very clever. The san men go hunting with arrows dipped in poison, they store water in ostrich eggshells, in the wet season and store it for the dry season. The San live in small groups, each family lives in a grass hut. The hut is used to store materials, sleep and shade. Women gather and men hunt. Water is the most important resource for the San, because they live in such a dry climate. |
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What animals live in the deserts? |
Some of the animals that live in the desert areas include, camels, toads, snakes, the thorny devil, birds and many more. |
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What are mountain regions? |
A mountain region is an area either filled with mountains or they only have one mountain. These mountain ranges are under threat of volcanoes and earthquakes. |
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What are some animals In The Mountain Regions? |
The mountain regions can range in animals, some areas can have antelopes and grizzly bears, others can have gorillas |
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What is a group that lives in the Mountain areas? |
The Sherpa people are people that are believed to have migrated from Tibet 500 years ago to the Khumbu region. The air in mountain areas would hurt or damage a person who lives in another area, nut it does not hurt the Sherpa people, because they have learned to increase their oxygen intake by breathing faster. They absorb more nitric acid, which would normally cause tissue damage, but for them it increases their blood flow and enlarges their blood vessels. |
