Chapter 3 Flashcards
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Where is Mongolia located?🇲🇳
Between Russia and China.
In which U.S. state is the island of Mauna Loa located?
Hawaii.
What is Latitude?
Lines north and south of the equator.
What is Longitude?
Lines east and west of the prime meridian.
What are they used for?
Coordinates or Absolute Location.
What is 23° 30’ North?
Tropic of Cancer.
What is 23° 30’ South?
Tropic of Capricorn.
What is 66° 30’?
Antarctic Circle.
What is 66° 30’ North?
Arctic Circle.
0 Longitude is?
Prime Meridian.
0 Latitude is?
Equator.
North Pole is?
90° N.
South Pole is?
90° S.
If you face the North Pole the Sun rises and sets in which directions?
The Sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
What are map projections?
Putting the map on a flat rectangle without distorting it.
What are the 3 main map projections?
Mercator, Winkel-Tripel, and Goode’s Interrupted Homolosine.
What are the 2 types of maps? 🗺
Physical and Political maps.
What does a physical map include?
Natural features such as mountains, rivers, lakes, deserts, and plains; mainly differentiated by color.
What does a political map include?
Use lines to show boundaries between countries, points to show cities, and other symbols for roads, airports, canals, and other human-related features.
What is relative location? 👨🚗🌆 🗾🌍☀️🌌🚀
Location of an object compared to another object’s location.
Chicago’s absolute location?
41° N, 87° W.
The Windy City(Chicago)’s relative location?
Right next to Lake Michigan; Without Lake Michigan, Chicago might not exist.
What is the capital of Sudan?
Khartoum.
Khartoum’s absolute location?
15° N, 32° E.
Khartoum’s relative location?
Next to the Blue and White Niles; Without the rivers, Khartoum would not have become such a big city.
In which U.S. state is Mt. Rainier?
Washington.
Mt. Rainier’s absolute location?
47° N, 122° W.
Mt. Rainier’s relative location?
Next to the 2 tectonic plates that created the Cascade range, which the mountain was made from.
The Arabian Peninsula is in?
Saudi Arabia
The Somali Peninsula is in?
Somalia
The Saharan Desert is in?
Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt.
The Sahel is in?
Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia.
Upper Guinea is in?
Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria.
The Atlas Mountains are in?
Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
The Ethiopian Highlands are in?
Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, and Djibouti.
The island of Cyprus is in?
Cyprus/Northern Cyprus.
The island of Crete is in?
Greece.
The island of Sicily is in?
Italy.
The Madeira islands are in?
Portugal.
The Canary islands are in?
Spain.
The island of Bioko is in?
Equatorial Guinea.
The countries that border the Mediterranean Sea are?
Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Albania, B&H, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Slovenia, and Spain.
The countries that border the Red Sea are?
Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti, Sudan, and Israel.
The countries that border the Gulf of Guinea are?
Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
The countries that border the Caspian Sea are?
Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Turkmenistan.
The countries that border the Dead Sea are?
Jordan, Israel, and Palestine.
What is the depth of the Dead Sea?
-1,385 ft or -422 m.
The Niger River is in?
Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, and Nigeria.
The Nile River is in?
Egypt and Sudan.
The White Nile is in?
Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda.
The Blue Nile is in?
Sudan and Ethiopia.
The Congo River is in?
Angola, DRC, and the Republic of the Congo.
Lake Victoria is in?
Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
Portugal
Lisbon
Spain
Madrid
Italy
Rome
Greece
Athens
Cyprus
Nicosia
Turkey
Ankara
Syria
Damascus
Israel
Jerusalem
Iraq
Baghdad
Iran
Tehran
Jordan
Amman
Lebanon
Beirut
Palestine
Palestine
Kuwait
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Bahrain
Manama
UAE
Abu Dhabi
Qatar
Doha
Yemen
Sana’a
Oman
Muscat
Morocco
Rabat
Western Sahara
Laayoune
Algeria
Algiers
Tunisia
Tunis
Libya
Tripoli
Egypt
Cairo
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Mali
Bamako
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Chad
Ndjamena
Niger
Niamey
Nigeria
Abuja
CAR
Bangui
Sudan
Khartoum
South Sudan
Juba
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Eritrea
Asmara
Djibouti
Djibouti
Somalia
Mogadishu
Cameroon
Yaounde
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
Gabon
Libreville
Congo
Brazzaville
DRC
Kinshasa
Uganda
Kampala
Kenya
Nairobi
Senegal
Dakar
Gambia
Banjul
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Guinea
Conakry
Sierra Leone
Freetown
Liberia
Monrovia
Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro and Abidjan
Ghana
Accra
Togo
Lome
Benin
Porto Novo
Cape Verde
Praia
What is an enormous mountain spewing molten rock?
Volcano
What is a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water?
Strait
What is a marine geographic formation, which is located along coastlines around the world?
Sound
What is a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water?
Peninsula
What is a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land?
Isthmus
What is a narrow coastal land formation that is tied to the coast at one end?
Spit
What is a shallow body of water protected from a larger body of water (usually the ocean) by sandbars, barrier islands, or coral reefs?
Lagoon
What is a body of water partially surrounded by land?
Bay
What is a freshwater landform created when a fast-moving body of water, such as a river, flows into a comparatively still body of water, such as a lake or ocean?
Delta
What is the elevated boundary separating areas that are drained by different river systems?
Divide
What is an artificial lake where water is stored?
Reservoir
What is a large, perennial accumulation of crystalline ice, snow, rock, sediment, and often liquid water that originates on land and moves downslope under the influence of its weight and gravity?
Glacier
What is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life?
Desert
What is a flat-topped mountain or hill?
Mesa
What is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides?
Canyon
What is the biggest continent?
Asia: 17,208,000(mi^2), 44,570,000(km^2), 30.0% of Earth’s land.
What is the 2nd largest continent?
Africa: 11,608,00(mi^2), 30,065,000(km^2), 20.2% of Earth’s land.
What is the 3rd largest continent?
North America: 9,449,000(mi^2), 24,474,000(km^2), 16.5% of Earth’s land.
What is the 4th largest continent?
South America: 6,880,000(mi^2), 17,819,000(km^2), 12.0% of Earth’s land.
What is the 5th largest continent?
Antarctica: 5,100,000(mi^2), 13,209,000(km^2), 8.9% of Earth’s land.
What is the 2nd smallest continent?
Europe: 3,841,000(mi^2), 9,947,000(km^2), 6.7% of Earth’s land.
What is the smallest continent?
Australia: 2,970,000(mi^2), 7,692,000(km^2), 5.2% of Earth’s land.
Which city recently had a severe earthquake? Omaha or Tokyo?
Tokyo
Which is Germany’s most important exported crop? Wheat or Palm oil?
Wheat
What are thematic maps?
A map that starts with a base of a physical or political map, then adds geographic information in whatever style the creator of the map wants; Everything from world population and energy consumption to shark attacks and local weather predictions.
What are cartograms?
It is a special type of thematic map, where the country’s size is what shows information instead of color
What is a population pyramid?
A pyramid chart with the lines being higher means more people of that age and gender.
What are the most commonly spoken languages in order from highest to lowest speakers?
Chinese(Mandarin)[1197 mil], Spanish[406 mil], English[335 mil], Hindi/Urdu[260 mil], Arabic[223 mil], Portuguese[202 mil], Bengali[193 mil], Russian[162 mil], Japanese[122 mil], and Javanese[84.3 mil].
What climate is in Belém, Brazil?
98% Tropical Wet.
What climate is in Kumasi, Ghana?
95% Tropical Dry.
What climate is in Monterrey, Mexico?
90% Semiarid.
What climate is in Alice Springs, Australia?
83% Arid.
What climate is in Malmö, Sweden?
75% Marine West Coast.
What climate is in Rome, Italy?
69% Mediterranean.
What climate is in Wuhan, China?
80% Humid Subtropical.
What climate is in Des Moines, Iowa, USA?
75% Warm Summer.
What climate is in Minsk, Belarus?
60% Cool Summer.
What climate is in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA?
61% Subarctic.
What climate is in Resolute, Nunavut, Canada?
52% Tundra.
What climate is in Mcmurdo, Antarctica?
37% Ice Cap.
What climate is in Lhasa, China?
61% Highlands.
What climate is in Kampala, Uganda?
88% Uplands.
What happened to the Germans while invading Russia in WWI?
The Russian winter froze the invading Germans.
What did the Trade Triangle sell from Africa?
Slaves.
What happened in the 1930s because of ecological disasters, poor farming techniques, and drought?
The Dust Bowl.
Many computers are assembled in what country?
China
The parts are made in which countries?
European and Japanese Countries.
These computers are labeled in which country?
USA
Then, they are boxed in which country?
Mexico
Most toys are manufactured in which country?
China
Most of our clothes are stitched in what regions of the world?
Mexico, Central America, and Asia.
Where are many books printed?
Singapore
🥝
New Zealand
☕️
Colombia
🌶
Central Asia
🍫
Switzerland
🥑
Mexico
🇨🇳
Ireland
🖋
Made in India to South America
🌶
Mexico
English 🧁
Nebraska Wheat
Canadian 🥓
Hogs in Iowa
