Geography Flashcards
What is Geography?
Geography is the study of places and the environment
What are the three types of Geography and give some examples.
Physical Geography - Volcanoes
Human Geography - Population
Map work - Calculating distance from one place to the next
What is the study of maps called?
Cartography
What do they do?
They are a person who makes maps
What are the 6 types of maps?
- Political
- Population
- Physical
- Weather
- Climate
- Geological
What are 3 differences between a Map and a globe?
- A map is flat, whereas a globe is spherical
- A map is 2d, whereas a globe is 3d
- A map is easier to carry around, whereas, a globe is more difficult to carry around
Name all the continents
- Asia
- Africa
- Australia
- Antartica
- North America
- South America
- Europe
Give 3 examples of landform features.
- River
- Mountains
- Volcanoes
Give two differences between a sea and a ocean
- A sea looks enclosed by land whereas, an ocean looks completely expansive, not enclosed
- A sea has a smaller body of water whereas, an ocean has a larger body of water
Name 3 seas and 3 oceans
Seas -
1. Arabian Sea
2. Red Sea
3. Sea of Japan
Oceans-
1. Pacific ocean
2. Atlantic ocean
3. Indian ocean
Name a river in each continent
South America - Amazon river
North America - Mississippi River
Asia - Lena
Europe - Rhine
Australia - Murray darling
Africa - Nile
Name a desert in each continent
South America - Atacama desert
North America - Mujave desert
Asia - Gopi desert
Australia - Great Victoria
Africa - Sahara
Europe - Ryn
The Caribbean is divided into what?
The greater antilles and the lesssser antilles in the windward and leeward islands
Name 3 Lesser Antilles islands
- St. kitts and nevis
- Antigua and barbuda
- Saba
Name 3 Greater Antilles
- Puerto Rico
- Jamaica
- Cuba
Name the 3 ABC islands
- Dominica
- Martinique
- Saint Lucia
What are lines of latitude?
They are imaginary lines that run from East to West. They are horizontal and known as parallels.
Name the 5 lines of latitude
- Artic Circle
- Tropic of Cancer
- Equator
- Tropic of Capricorn
- Antarctic Circle
What are lines of longitude?
Lines of longitude are vertical, imaginary lines that run from South to North. They are known a meridians
Name the main line of longitude
The prime meridian/ Greenwich Meridian
