Competency 22: Geography & Culture

Question 1

Geography

Answer 1

The study of the Earth & its people

Question 2

Location

Answer 2

The place on Earth where a place can be found.

Question 3

Relative Location

Answer 3

The location of a place, compared to other places on Earth.

Question 4

Place

Answer 4

the features that make up a location.

Question 5

Physical Characteristics

Answer 5

climate, land-forms, soils, hydrology, vegetation & animal life.

Question 6

Human Characteristics

Answer 6

Language, religion, political systems, economic systems, population distribution, and quality of life.

Question 7

Physical Features

Answer 7

Features formed by nature (landforms, bodies of water, plant life, etc)

Question 8

Human Features

Answer 8

Features created by people (buildings, roads, and the people themselves)

Question 9

Natural (Formal) Regions

Answer 9

Places with similar natural features, such as: 
climate regions (humid sub-tropical region) 
landform regions (big bed)

Question 10

Functional Regions

Answer 10

A group of places linked by the flow of something else and organized around a node or focal point, such as:
The Amazon Basin (linked by flow of water)
The Dallas transit system (linked by flow of commuters)
Shopping malls
Bank branches

Question 11

Political Regions

Answer 11

A region that shares a government and has the same leaders, such as: 
countries
provinces
states
counties
cities

Question 12

Population Region

Answer 12

A region is defined by the people that live in it.

Question 13

Economic Region

Answer 13

A region defined by the type of work, standard of living, and the economy of the people that live in it.

Question 14

Grid Systems

Answer 14

Allows the location of a point on a map to be described and universally understood. Drawn over the representation of a place, and XY coordinates are used to assist in locating places on the grid.

Question 15

Resources

Answer 15

Physicial material from the earth which people need and value, including:
basic resources-air, land, water.
Renewable resources- plants, animals
non-renewable resources- fossil fuels, sunlight, water

Question 16

Aquifer

Answer 16

Layers of rock that contain water

Question 17

Basin

Answer 17

bowl-shaped land area, surrounded by higher land

Question 18

Bay

Answer 18

Inlet of the sea, smaller than a gulf

Question 19

Cape

Answer 19

Point of land that extends into the water

Question 20

Cataract

Answer 20

Large waterfall

Question 21

Channel

Answer 21

The deepest part of a body of water.

Question 22

Coastal Plan

Answer 22

Flat land along a sea or ocean

Question 23

Delta

Answer 23

triangle shaped area of land at mouth of a river.

Question 24

Escarpment

Answer 24

long, steep rock wall

Question 25

Fall Line

Answer 25

area where rivers form waterfalls and rapids as they drop to lower land.

Question 26

Floodplain

Answer 26

Flat land near edges of river; formed by floods depositing river soil onto the land.

Question 27

Inlet

Answer 27

Area of water from a larger body of water that extends into the land.

Question 28

Island

Answer 28

Land with water on all sides.

Question 29

Isthmus

Answer 29

Narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.

Question 30

Mesa

Answer 30

Steep, flat-topped mountain

Question 31

Peninsula

Answer 31

Land that is almost completely surrounded by water.

Question 32

Plain

Answer 32

flat or gently rolling low land

Question 33

Strait

Answer 33

Narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

Question 34

Tributary

Answer 34

Stream or river that feeds into a larger stream of water.

Question 35

Landform Regions of US

Answer 35

West Middle West South Northeast

Question 36

Landform Regions of Texas

Answer 36

Mountains & Basins High Plains Central Plains Coastal Plains

Question 37

Mountains & Basins

Answer 37

Landform region of Tx. West Tx. Includes Chisos. Davis, & Guadalupe Mountains.

Question 38

High Plains

Answer 38

Landform region of Tx. Begins at Caprock Escarpment. Part of US Central Plains. Includes Panhandle. Northernmost part of Texas.

Question 39

Central Plains

Answer 39

Landform region of Tx. begins above Balcones Escarpment. Also known as Hill Country. Part of US central plains. ends at Caprock Escarpment. Central Texas.

Question 40

Coastal Plains

Answer 40

Landform region of Tx. Follows the Gulf Coast. Starts @ sea level and gradually rises until it reaches Balcones Escarpment. Includes East & south TX.

Question 41

Physical Processes Occur in four areas:

Answer 41

1) Atmosphere 2) Lithosphere 3) Hydrospehere 4) Biosphere

Question 42

Atmosphere

Answer 42

The gases that surround the earth. Climate and meteorology

Question 43

Lithosphere

Answer 43

Land. Plate tectonics, erosion, and soil formation.

Question 44

Hydrosphere

Answer 44

Water. The circulation of oceans and the hydrologic cycle.

Question 45

Biosphere

Answer 45

Living things on earth. Plant & animal communities and ecosystems.