Ch1

Question 1

Parallels, lines that run east and west around the earth

Answer 1

Latitude

Question 2

Meridians, lines that run north and south around the earth

Answer 2

Longitude

Question 3

The starting point for measuring latitude and it divides it north and south; runs east and west

Answer 3

Equator

Question 4

The starting point for measuring longitude divides the world into east and west

Answer 4

Prime meridian

Question 5

What part of the map shows direction

Answer 5

Compass

Question 6

What part of the map shows distance

Answer 6

Scale

Question 7

What are the 4 oceans

Answer 7

Arctic ocean
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean

Question 8

Name the 7 continents

Answer 8

1. ) South America
2. ) North America
3. ) Africa
4. ) Europe
5. ) Australia
6. ) Antarctica
7. ) Asia

Question 9

the study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth

Answer 9

Geography

Question 10

the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found

Answer 10

Absolute location

Question 11

describes a place in relation to other places found around it

Answer 11

Relative location

Question 12

each half of the globe

Answer 12

Hemisphere

Question 13

What latitude and longitude are measured in

Answer 13

Degree

Question 14

5 themes of Geography, Geographers study the world by looking at….

Answer 14

location, place region, movement, and human-environment interaction

Question 15

10) place includes the physical features and cultural characteristic of a location
location is described in 2 ways:

Answer 15

Absolute location and relative location

Question 16

geography comes from a greek word blank means to describe the eart

Answer 16

geographia

Question 17

5 themes of Geography, Geographers study the world by looking at….

Answer 17

location, place region, movement, and human-environment interaction

Question 18

10) place includes the physical features and cultural characteristic of a location
location is described in 2 ways:

Answer 18

Absolute location and relative location

Question 19

geography comes from a greek word blank means to describe the eart

Answer 19

geographia

Question 20

“The prime meridian is the imaginary line dividing the earth east and west. Sometimes this line is called the Blank line because the line runs through Blank

Answer 20

Greenwich

Greenwich England

Question 21

Geographers categorize regions in three ways:

Answer 21

formal, functional, and perceptual regions

Question 22

is defined by a limited number of related characteristics

Answer 22

A formal region

Question 23

is organized around a set of interactions and connections between places

Answer 23

A functional region

Question 24

is a region in which people perceive, or see, the characteristics of the region in the same way

Answer 24

A perceptual region