geography

Question 1

political map?

Answer 1

shows governments borders, states & countries, as well as capitals & major cities

Question 2

topographic map?

Answer 2

a map characterised by large scale detail, usually contour lines, shows natural & man made features

Question 3

thematic map?

Answer 3

designed to show a particular theme connected with specific geographic area. these maps can portray physical, social, political, cultural, economic, agricultural & any other aspects of city, state,region, nation or continent.

Question 4

what is a legend?

Answer 4

a table on a map that shows you symbols relating to the map.

Question 5

what is a scale?

Answer 5

the distance according to the map.

Question 6

longitude?

Answer 6

the angular distance of a place North or South of the equator

Question 7

latitude?

Answer 7

the angular distance East or west of the green wich meridan.

Question 8

natural feature?

Answer 8

a natural land form, already existent by god.

Question 9

human feature?

Answer 9

a man made environment.

Question 10

compass?

Answer 10

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Question 11

what is relief?

Answer 11

the difference between the highest and lowest elevations of an area

Question 12

physical feature?

Answer 12

natural features like desserts, mountains and plains

Question 13

cultural feature?

Answer 13

a man made feature.

Question 14

linear scale?

Answer 14

showing the scale of a map

Question 15

written scale?

Answer 15

a scale shown in words

Question 16

representative fraction?

Answer 16

a map scale in which figures representing units as expressed in the form of a fraction to indicate that one unit on the map represents x units on the earth

Question 17

average?

Answer 17

add up all the numbers and divide by how many numbers thee are

Question 18

climate graph?

Answer 18

combination of a bar and line graph. temperature is shown on the line graph and rainfall on the bar graph

Question 19

oblique photo?

Answer 19

photos taken from a high angle are high oblique and photos taken from a low angle are low oblique

Question 20

aerial photo?

Answer 20

photos taken from a plane or satellite

Question 21

close up photo?

Answer 21

a photo taken where the subject is close to the camera

Question 22

ground level photo?

Answer 22

a photo taken by geographers from a ground perspective

Question 23

what is the globalisation process?

Answer 23

the process of the international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture

Question 24

physical map?

Answer 24

a physical map indicates the location of land forms like desserts, mountains & plains

Question 25

how has changes in technology impacted globalisation?

Answer 25

now we are able to send and recieve information all of the world, contact people from almost everythinb country

Question 26

impacts of globalisation

Answer 26

globalisation has had a significant impact on international organisations as the cost and complexity has reduced. we can now access cheap resources and improved technology has allowed campaigns to be coordinated from a base. transport systems are more efficient

Question 27

export?

Answer 27

a good or service sent from one country to another

Question 28

import?

Answer 28

a good or service record by one county from another

Question 29

what is gross domestic product (GDP)?

Answer 29

a measure of the total of goods and services produced over a year.

Question 30

international trade?

Answer 30

movement of goods and services between countries

Question 31

nation state?

Answer 31

another word for country

Question 32

quota?

Answer 32

a trade restriction on the amount of a certain good that can be imported to a country

Question 33

subsidiary?

Answer 33

a factory of a transnational corporation usually located in a different country then the head office

Question 34

subsidy?

Answer 34

a payment to a producer of a good by the government to assist the producer making the product

Question 35

sweatshop?

Answer 35

a factory unit where the products of transnational corporations are made

Question 36

tariff?

Answer 36

a tax put on the imported good by the government of the country the good is imported into

Question 37

transnational corporations (TNC)?

Answer 37

a large companies that has a head office in one country and subsidiary offices in other countries

Question 38

culture?

Answer 38

the values and customs of a particular country expressed in music, food, dance, language, religion.

Question 39

developed country?

Answer 39

a ru h country which enjoys a high standard of living

Question 40

developing country?

Answer 40

a poor country which suffers a low standard of living