Lesson 1 Flashcards

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Q

What do Geographers look at the world at three levels?

A

Local level
Regional level
Global level

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2
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Blank looks to find relationships among people who live far apart.

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Global level

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3
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What does geographers tools include?

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Map, globes, satellite images, notebooks, tape recorders.

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4
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True or false. Showing round earth on a flat maps will distort some details.

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True

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5
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What does place mean?

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Describes features that make a site unique.

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6
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Landscape

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Features that define the area and make it different from other places.

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Region

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A part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding area’s.

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8
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What is the 2 most fields on geography?

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Physical geography

Human geography

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9
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Cartography

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Science of making maps.

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10
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Earth axis

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And imaginary rod through north and south poles.

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11
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Blank result From earths rotation.

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Night and day

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12
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Revolution

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Earths trip around the sun.

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13
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What does the earths tilt do?

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Creates the change in season.

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14
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True or false. The northern and southern hemispheres experience opposite seasons.

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True

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15
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Latitude

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The distance north or south of the equator.

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16
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The main process of the water cycle is?

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Evaporation and precipitation

17
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Droughts

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A long periods of lower than normal precipitation.

18
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What is the theory of continental draft?

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Continentals used to be united in one single supercontinent.

19
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What are two continental plates that seem to have collided?

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Eurasian plate and India plate

20
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True or false. Earthquakes often occur when two plates slide past each other.

21
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What does Earth glaciers can cause?

22
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Front

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A place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet.

23
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Blank can be of any size and can occur when ever air, water and soil, support life.

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Ecosystems

24
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Blank identify climates by looking at temperature, precipitation, and native Plant live.

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Geographers

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Which type of climate can occur at any latitude?
Highland
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Monsoons
Seasonal environments
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Habitat
Place where a plant or animal lives
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What can environment changes do?
It can often destroy habits.
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Natural resource
Any materials in nature that people use and value.
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Which of the following is a renewable resource?
A forest
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What is a Ethnic group?
A group of people who share a common culture and ancestry.
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Cultural diffusion
The spread of culture traits from one religion to another.
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Blank is a measure of the number of people living in an area.
Population density
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What is a migration?
A progress of moving from one place to another.
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Blank A form of government in which the people elect leaders and ruled by Majority.
Democracy
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Monarchy
Ruled directly by a queen or king
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What is a secondary industry?
Produce something new to using Ramen Cheerios from primary interest.
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True or false. Geographers use economic indicators such as per capita gross domestic product, level of industrialization, and quality of life to judge a country's development.
True