Geography Test Flashcards
The study of the earth
Geography
Have broad flat Tops with gorges and canyons cutting through them
Plateaus
Have flat tops with extremely steep sides
Mesas
Narrow strip of land that Connect land masses
Isthmus
The cycle of moving moisture from the oceans to the land and back to the oceans
Hydrologic cycle
The world’s largest Fresh water lake
Lake superior
Artificial lakes
Reservoirs
This changes that take place in a localized area during a short period of time
Weather
The zones that better described climates around the world
Is climate zones
The zone that is hot all year
Is torrid zone
Zones.I have a wide range of temperatures and experience seasons
Temperate zones
The zones that are cold all year
Fridge zones
The stream that stretched The gulf of mexico to europe
The gulf stream
A way of life
Culture
When a country and its people derived most of their money and things from agriculture
Agrarian economy
The people who make maps and play geographic data on maps and globes
Cartography(ers)
The most accurate scale model of the earth
Is a globe
The most popular popular map
Mercator projection
Something on a map that helps you Determine distances
A scale
The three continents touching the arctic circle
North america europe and asia
Which continent does the equator pastor
South america and Africa
Which oceans surround asia
Arctic pacific and indian
Which oceans surround north america
Arctic pacific and atlantic
The warmest ocean
Is indian
What Is a triangular land Is form where rivers fan out
Delta
What is flat rolling land with Few changes of elevation
plane
