intro to Geography

Question 0

What are maps used for

Answer 0

They help you navigate from one place to another or see areas of importance/ concerns

Question 1

What’s a map

Answer 1

A picture representation of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc

Question 2

What’s a continent

Answer 2

Large land masses. The seven are north America, south America,
Europe, Antarctica, Oceania, Australia, Africa, Asia.

Question 3

What’s a ocean

Answer 3

A very large expanse of sea. There Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern

Question 4

What is a compass rose

Answer 4

A symbol on a map that tells the cardinal and intermediate directions

Question 5

What’s cardinal directions

Answer 5

North east west south

Question 6

What’s the intermediate directions

Answer 6

Northwest southwest northeast southeast

Question 7

What’s the prime meridian

Answer 7

The dividing line that separates the eastern and western hemispheres

Question 8

What’s the equator

Answer 8

The imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres

Question 9

What’s latitude and longitude

Answer 9

A geographic coordinate system that helps create locations on earth through specified numbers. The coordinates are chosen based on degrees of longitude (north /south) and degrees of latitude (east /west)

Question 10

What’s a hemisphere

Answer 10

It’s how earths divided. There’s four northern southern eastern and western

Question 11

What’s a scale

Answer 11

The relationship between actual size the picture or model size it’s made by ratios

Question 12

What’s a global positioning system

Answer 12

Also known as a gps it’s a electronic device that helps find locations on earth using longitude

Question 13

What’s a product map

Answer 13

It’s a map that shows the things that are grown raised or mined in a specific area

Question 14

What’s a language map

Answer 14

It’s a map that shows regions and languages of that region

Question 15

What’s a population density map

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It’s a map that measures population of a certain area it could be a country city state etc

Question 16

What’s a natural resource map

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It’s a map that shows natural resources and where there located

Question 17

What’s a political map

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It’s a map designed to show governmental boundaries of countries states and counties the location of major city’s and they usually include bodies of water

Question 18

What’s a physical map

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It’s a map that shows land such as mountains deserts valleys and forests it also shows types of water forms such as rivers lakes and oceans

Question 19

What’s a climate map

Answer 19

It’s a map that shows weather related information it’s a common map in the section of a newspaper or on tv

Question 20

Whats the 5 themes of geography

Answer 20

Location absolute and relative location place physical and human human environment interaction movement region