Geography Flashcards
Can you name three types of settlements? Can you give examples of those settlements?
Rural - the population is spread out have to go a good distance to get to stores and town. a place with lots of farms and fields.
Suburban - On the outskirts of a city still tightly packed but farther away from the stores, subdivision
Urban - In the city close to the stores, Belleville
What’s the difference between site and location?
Site - Physical features that define an area
Location - Relative location is where an area is compared to another area
- Absolute location uses longitude, latitude and alphanumeric grid to find the exact location of an area
What is a harbour site?
A harbour site is somewhere you can utilize boats
What is a natural resource site?
Somewhere that people can access natural resources to complement their methods of transporting goods
What is a strategic site?
Somewhere that is safe
What is a meeting point site?
Somewhere that has meet-up sites
What can you use to read a map?can you name c
A compass, a legend
What’s a legend?
A legend is written on the side of a map to show you what specific symbols mean
What’s the difference between longitude and latitude?
Lines of latitude circle the Earth from East to West all equally spaced at about 111km. Lines of longitude circle the Earth from North to South and converge at the poles so that the longest distance at the equator is from one line of longitude to the next is about 111km. The longitude and latitude lines intersect at a 90* at the equator
Can you name certain types of community patterns?
Clustered, linear, scattered
What do cities use their land for?
Transportation, public buildings, parks, industrial, commercial, privately owned.
Can you calculate population density?
Yes, by using the formula population/size(km)=population density
What’s the difference between immigrate and emigrate?
Immigrate means to move to another country and emigrate is where you came from another country. An example is you emigrate from your home country while you immigrate to a new country
Brith rate and date rate?
The birth rate is how many children are born.
The death rate is how many people die.
What are the life expectancy standards?
equal in dignity and rights, same rights and freedoms, health and well-being, right to education.
