Geo Exam 1 review

Question 1

5 Themes of Geography

Answer 1

Location
Place
Region
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)

Question 2

Location

Answer 2

Absolute Location
The exact place on the earth where a geographic feature is found.
*Latitude = 30 degrees North
*Longitude = 97 degrees West

Relative Location
*Describes a place in comparison or relationship to other places or landmarks around it

Question 3

Place

Answer 3

Describes the physical features and human features of a location.
Physical features = naturally occurring
Human features = human-made, cultural characteristics

Question 4

Region

Answer 4

Describes an area of the earth’s surface with similar characteristics.
*Physical
*Political
*Economic
*Cultural
Criteria for defining the region depend on the geographer’s purpose.
*Three types of region
*Formal
*Functional
Perceptual

Question 5

Formal Region

Answer 5

Defined by a limited number of related characteristics.
*Continents
*Climate
*Culture
*Vegetation
Defined by SET FACTS!!
*Language
*Religion
*Climate

Question 6

Functional Region

Answer 6

Organized around interactions and connections between places, especially around some central point.

Question 7

Perceptual Region

Answer 7

A region in which people perceive, or see, the characteristics of the region in the same way
Sometimes based on stereotypes
NOT ACTUALLY DIVIDED IN ANY WAY ON A NORMAL MAP!
Not set by facts, just generalizations and ideas of an area
Can be disputed! Not set in stone!!!

Question 8

Movement

Answer 8

Movement is how and why people, plants, animals, and ideas move through time and location.

Question 9

Human Environment Interaction

Answer 9

Humans adapt to the environment by altering what they do and how they do it.

Humans modify the environment by changing the landscape to suit their needs.

Question 10

Adaptation

Answer 10

Being able to use what the environment offers people

Question 11

Modification

Answer 11

Changing the environment

Question 12

Map Projection

Answer 12

A mathematical formula used to represent the curved surface of the Earth on the flat surface of a map

Question 13

Title

Answer 13

The name of the map

Question 14

Orientation

Answer 14

Uses a compass rose for direction on a map

Question 15

Elevation

Answer 15

Surface level about sea

Question 16

Scale

Answer 16

The size of space on the map

Question 17

Author

Answer 17

The person who created the map

Question 18

Legend

Answer 18

Tells what the symbols on the map mean

Question 19

Political Map

Answer 19

Shows features on the Earth’s surface that are human created

Question 20

Physical Map

Answer 20

Shows various types of physical features like landforms or bodies of water.

Question 21

Choropleths

Answer 21

A map that uses grated colors or symbols to show specific Properties or quantities. Also known as thematic Maps

Question 22

geographic information systems (GIS)

Answer 22

Computer programs that process and organize details about places on Earth and integrate those details with satellite images and other pieces of information

Question 23

Cartography

Answer 23

The creation of maps, including projection and design.

Question 24

Latitude

Answer 24

Lines on a map that run east to west they measured the distance from the earth’s equator

Question 25

Longitude

Answer 25

Lines on a map that run north to south that measure the distance from the prime of Meridian

Question 26

Plate Tectonics

Answer 26

The term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow, which creates many of Earth’s physical features

Question 27

Subduction

Answer 27

The process by which oceanic plates dive beneath continental plates, often causing mountains to form on land

Question 28

Seafloor Spreading

Answer 28

Process by which magma wells up between oceanic plates and pushes the plates apart

Question 29

Weather

Answer 29

Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time

Question 30

Climate

Answer 30

Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time

Question 31

Revolution

Answer 31

In astronomy, the Earth’s yearly trip around the sun, takes 365.25 days

Question 32

Current

Answer 32

Cold or warm stream of seawater that flows in the oceans, generally in a circular pattern