Chapter I

Question 1

what are the five themes of geography?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

what are the two branches of geography?

Answer 2

cartography and meteorology

Question 3

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

Answer 3

geography

Question 4

the way a person looks at something

Answer 4

perspective

Question 5

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

Answer 5

landscapes

Question 6

the study of maps and mapmaking

Answer 6

cartography

Question 7

the study of weather

Answer 7

meteorology

Question 8

an area with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas

Answer 8

region

Question 9

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

Answer 9

formal region

Question 10

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

Answer 10

functional region

Question 11

our awareness and understanding of the environment around us

Answer 11

perception

Question 12

regions that reflect human feelings and attitudes

Answer 12

perceptual regions

Question 13

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

Answer 13

grid

Question 14

lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees

Answer 14

latitude

Question 15

lines on a globe drawn in a north-south direction and measured in degrees

Answer 15

longitude

Question 16

an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the north pole and the south pole

Answer 16

equator

Question 17

lines of latitude

Answer 17

parallels

Question 18

lines of longitude

Answer 18

meridians

Question 19

imaginary line drawn from the north pole through greenwhich, england to the south pole

Answer 19

prime meridian

Question 20

units used to measure distances between parallels and between meridians

Answer 20

degrees

Question 21

halves of the globe divided by the equator and prime meridian

Answer 21

hemispheres

Question 22

large landmasses on the earth’s surface

Answer 22

continents

Question 23

a collection of maps in one book

Answer 23

atlas

Question 24

different ways of representing a round earth on a flat map

Answer 24

map projections

Question 25

great-circle route

Answer 25

shortest route between any two places on the planet

Question 26

legend

Answer 26

map key

Question 27

contiguous

Answer 27

connecting or bordering

Question 28

precipitation

Answer 28

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

Question 29

topography

Answer 29

elevation, layout, and shape of the land

Question 30

climate graphs

Answer 30

graphs showing average temperature and precipitation in a place

Question 31

population pyramids

Answer 31

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