Chapter 1- Section 1

Question 0

Perspective

Answer 0

The way a person looks at something

Question 1

Geography

Answer 1

The study of physical, biological, and cultural features of Earth’s surface

Question 2

Landscapes

Answer 2

Scenery of places, including physical, human, and cultural features

Question 3

Cartography

Answer 3

The study of maps and mapmaking

Question 4

Meteorology

Answer 4

The study of weather

Question 5

Region

Answer 5

An area with one or more common features that make it different from surrendering areas.

Question 6

Formal Region

Answer 6

Region with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas.

Question 7

Functional Region

Answer 7

Region made up of different places that are linked and function as a unit

Question 8

Perception

Answer 8

Our awareness and understanding of the environment around us

Question 9

Perceptual Regions

Answer 9

Regions that reflect human feelings and attitude.

Question 10

Grid

Answer 10

Lines crisscrossing each other in uniform intervals to create a pattern of squares.

Question 11

Latitude

Answer 11

Lines on the globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees.

Question 12

Longitude

Answer 12

Lines on the globe drawn in a north-south direction and measured in in degrees.

Question 13

Equator

Answer 13

An imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South Pole.

Question 14

Parallels

Answer 14

Lines of latitude.

Question 15

Meridians

Answer 15

Lines of longitude.

Question 16

Prime Meridian

Answer 16

Imaginary line drawn from the North Pole through Greenwich, England, to the South Pole

Question 17

Degrees

Answer 17

Units used to measure distance between parallels and between meridians

Question 18

Hemisphere

Answer 18

Halves of the globe divided by the equator and prime meridian

Question 19

Continents

Answer 19

Large landmasses on Earths surface

Question 20

Atlas

Answer 20

A collection of maps in one book

Question 21

Map Projections

Answer 21

Different ways of representing a round Earth on a flat map

Question 22

Great-Circle Route

Answer 22

Shortest route between any two places on the planet

Question 23

Compass Rose

Answer 23

A map element with arrows pointing in all four principle direction

Question 24

Legend

Answer 24

Map key

Question 25

Contigious

Answer 25

Connecting or bordering

Question 26

Precipitation

Answer 26

Condensed droplets of water that fall as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Question 27

Topography

Answer 27

Elevation, layout, and shape of the land

Question 28

Climate Graphs

Answer 28

Graphs showing average temperature and precipitation in a place

Question 29

Population Pyramids

Answer 29

Graphs showing the percentages of males and females by age group in a country’s population