Geography Flashcards

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Ethnocentric

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Characterized on the idea that ones group is superior

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Worldview

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Factors that influence your perspective of the world

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Patriotism

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Love for ones country

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Relative location

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Described by landmarks, time, direction, distance

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Absolute location

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Latitude and longitude or address

Absolute geography

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Compromise

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Distortion, false

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Physical geography

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Physical look of a place

Ex river

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Maps vs globes

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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

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Compass rose

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A direction indicator in which arrows point n a e w

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7 continents

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Africa, America, Australia, n America, s America, Europe, Asia

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4 oceans

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Article, Indian, Atlantic, pacific

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Types of distortion

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Size
Shape,
distance
Direction

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Latitude runs - & - measures - & -

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E & w, n & s

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Longitude runs - & - measures - & -

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N & s, w & e

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5 themes

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Movement, region, human- environment interaction , location, place
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Hemisphere

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(Half a sphere) globe cut in half

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Equator

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Imaginary line that runs e/w exactly halfway between n/s poles

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Prime meridian

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Imaginary line that runs from the n/s poles through Greenwich, England and cuts the world into e/w hemispheres

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Tropic of Cancer

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Latitude line at 23.5 n of the equator

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Tropic of Capricorn

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Latitude line at 23.5 s

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Article circle:

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Lat at 66.5 n

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Antarctic circle:

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Latitude line at 66.5 s

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North Pole

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90 n

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South Pole

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90 s

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International date line

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180* from the pm 180 degrees east or west

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Cartographer

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Map maker

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Legend

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Key; something that translates symbols

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Types of maps

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Political
Physical 
General 
Thematic 
Relief/topographic
Mercator
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Political

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Shows man made features (cities & boundaries)

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Physical

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Natural features

Rivers mats

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Thematic maps

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Map with a theme (only few kinds of info)

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Relief / topographic

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Sharp & elevation -3d

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Mercator

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Sailor map correct distance and direction distorted shape and size

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Scale

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A line on a map that represents distance

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Time zones

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24, us: pacific mt central Eastern

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Anticipate

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To give advanced thought, discussion

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Perspective

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Mentally view something

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Be able to locate these places

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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