Geography, Anthropology, and Sociology

Question 1

what is absolute location?

Answer 1

exact location of a point using latitude and longitude

Question 2

what is relative location?

Answer 2

location of a point in relation to another point

Question 3

what is the international date line?

Answer 3

imaginary line that runs from north pole to south pole, passes through the pacific ocean.

Question 4

what are the four hemispheres that the earth is divided into ?

Answer 4

northern, southern, eastern and western

Question 5

the equator goes which way?

Answer 5

north and south

Question 6

prime meridian goes which way?

Answer 6

divides east and west

Question 7

latitude lines runs which way?

Answer 7

horizontally , left to right

Question 8

longitude lines run which way?

Answer 8

vertically, up and down, divides east and west

Question 9

what do political maps show?

Answer 9

locations of cities, towns, and counties and might show physical features like rivers, streams and lakes

Question 10

what do physical maps show?

Answer 10

mountains, rivers, lakes

Question 11

what do road maps show?

Answer 11

major highways and roads, airports, railroad tracks

Question 12

what do special purpose maps show?

Answer 12

topography, climate, tourims, population

Question 13

what are the four physical systems?

Answer 13

atomsphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere

Question 14

what is the atmosphere made up?

Answer 14

gases

Question 15

what is the biosphere include?

Answer 15

all life on planet

Question 16

what does hydrosphere include?

Answer 16

includes all water- liquid, ice, and vapor

Question 17

what is the lithosphere?

Answer 17

outer region of earth, includes the crust and upper mantle

Question 18

what is archipelago?

Answer 18

group of islands

Question 19

what is population density?

Answer 19

the number of people in relation to the square miles

Question 20

agriculture is the practice of what?

Answer 20

farming

Question 21

what does arable mean (in terms of agriculture)?

Answer 21

producing crops

Question 22

what does terrace farming mean?

Answer 22

steps are built on hilly or mountains

Question 23

what is crop rotation?

Answer 23

planting different crops sequentially to maximize nutrients of soil

Question 24

what does pastoral mean?

Answer 24

producing animals

Question 25

what does irrigation mean?

Answer 25

supply of water to land and crops to promote growth

Question 26

what does commercial mean?

Answer 26

producing to sell

Question 27

what’s considered clean energy?

Answer 27

energy from wind, solar, water, geothermal, biomass and nuclear

Question 28

what’s considered fossil energy?

Answer 28

energy from coal, oil, and natural gas

Question 29

what’s considered electric power?

Answer 29

energy from charged particles

Question 30

what are considered renewable resources?

Answer 30

solar, wind and hydro power

Question 31

what’s considered nonrenewable resources?

Answer 31

fossil fuels, coal and natural gas

Question 32

what is anthropology?

Answer 32

the study of human beings, their culture and environment, origin.

Question 33

what is physical anthropology?

Answer 33

study of physical characteristics of human groups through measurement and observation

Question 34

what is assimilation?

Answer 34

process of individuals observing the dominant culture

Question 35

what is socialization?

Answer 35

process of understanding oneself and societal expectations through social interactions

Question 36

what is an ethnic enclave?

Answer 36

subsection of a community where the population is ethnically distinguished from surrounding areas

Question 37

what is high-context culture?

Answer 37

relies heavily on gestures, eye contact, relationships and other non-verbal communication

Question 38

what is low context culture?

Answer 38

relies heavily on explicit written or verbal communication

Question 39

buddhism is popular in what countries

Answer 39

china and japan

Question 40

hinduism is popular in what countries

Answer 40

india

Question 41

judaism is popular in what county

Answer 41

israel