Geography Flashcards
Ethnocentric
Characterized on the idea that ones group is superior
Worldview
Factors that influence your perspective of the world
Patriotism
Love for ones country
Relative location
Described by landmarks, time, direction, distance
Absolute location
Latitude and longitude or address
Absolute geography
Compromise
Distortion, false
Physical geography
Physical look of a place
Ex river
Maps vs globes
Maps: Good: whole, fold up, specific
Bad: not accurate at poles, flat
Globe: good: axis, more accurate
Bad: can’t look at whole thing, not portable
Compass rose
A direction indicator in which arrows point n a e w
7 continents
Africa, America, Australia, n America, s America, Europe, Asia
4 oceans
Article, Indian, Atlantic, pacific
Types of distortion
Size
Shape,
distance
Direction
Latitude runs - & - measures - & -
E & w, n & s
Longitude runs - & - measures - & -
N & s, w & e
5 themes
Movement, region, human- environment interaction , location, place
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Hemisphere
(Half a sphere) globe cut in half
Equator
Imaginary line that runs e/w exactly halfway between n/s poles
Prime meridian
Imaginary line that runs from the n/s poles through Greenwich, England and cuts the world into e/w hemispheres
Tropic of Cancer
Latitude line at 23.5 n of the equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Latitude line at 23.5 s
Article circle:
Lat at 66.5 n
Antarctic circle:
Latitude line at 66.5 s
North Pole
90 n
South Pole
90 s
International date line
180* from the pm 180 degrees east or west
Cartographer
Map maker
Legend
Key; something that translates symbols
Types of maps
Political Physical General Thematic Relief/topographic Mercator
Political
Shows man made features (cities & boundaries)
Physical
Natural features
Rivers mats
Thematic maps
Map with a theme (only few kinds of info)
Relief / topographic
Sharp & elevation -3d
Mercator
Sailor map correct distance and direction distorted shape and size
Scale
A line on a map that represents distance
Time zones
24, us: pacific mt central Eastern
Anticipate
To give advanced thought, discussion
Perspective
Mentally view something
Be able to locate these places
Black, Arabian, Adriatic, Mediterranean, Caribbean Seas, Bay of Bengal, Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, Yangtze, Ganges, Indus, Huang He Rivers, Himalayas, Italy, Greece, Egypt, China, Sparta, Athens, Rome, Carthage, Troy, Alexandria, Korea, India Plateau of Tibet, Japan, Sicily