Geography 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What is “geography”?
A
To write or describe the Earth
(Ge; The Earth
Grapho; write or describe)
2
Q
Circumference of earth;
A
24,860
guess was 25,000
3
Q
He provided the first map of the known world;
A
Claudius Ptolemy
4
Q
This person argued that places could be located on a map by using a grid system.
A
Hipparchus
5
Q
Homogeneity
A
sameness in region
6
Q
First man to use the word “geography”,
Calculated the earth’s circumference
A
Eratosthenes
7
Q
“We can look at names of places, to find out who we are”
A
Mathematical Location
