PRELIMS Flashcards
Geography’ derives from the Greek
geographia
Geo –means Earth
Graphia –way of writing, drawing or
describing
“to describe or write about the Earth”
the science of
how the earth and its life
interact.
Geography
The Five Themes of Geography
*Location
➢Place
➢Human-Environment Interaction
➢Movement
➢Region
Site’s location expressed in
specific or absolute terms,
such as an address
Absolute (specific) Location
Site’s location expressed in
general terms and directions
Relative (direction) Location
Refers to an area’s landscape, land, climate, plants and animals
Place
How people adapt, modify and depend on their environment
Human-Environment Interaction
How and why are places connected with one
another?
Movement
Areas that share COMMON characteristics
Regions
the third largest continent by area. (24,474,000 km2)
North America
North America is made up of 4 countries:
*Canada is the furthest north.
o United States is in the middle.
o Mexico is the furthest south.
o Greenland is an island in North America, lying Northeast of Canada
North America came from the female Latinate version of?
Amerigo Vespucci’s name
considered as the most populous country in North America.
United States of America
The five Great Lakes lie on the United States and Canadian border.
MISSISSIPPI-MISSOURI-JEFFERSON RIVERS
LAKE SUPERIOR
WESTERN REGION
GREAT PLAINS
North America’s longest river.
MISSISSIPPI-MISSOURI-JEFFERSON RIVERS
Rocky Mountain are part of a system of parallel
mountain ranges called
CORDILLERA
Is a large area of grassland that stretched west of the
Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in
the central Canada and United States.
Great Plains
The Weather or climate in North America is
very cold in the North like Canada, Alaska,
and Greenland.
The southern part of North America like Florida and Mexico are much warmer because they are closer to the equator TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
FOUR SEASONS OF WEATHER IN NORTH AMERICA
‘*SPRING - March, April, May
o SUMMER – June, July August
o AUTUMN – September, October, November
o WINTER – December, January, February
America, was named after the Italian explore
Amerigo Vespucci
The country includes (50) states; (48) continental states, plus Alaska and Hawaii, the
two newest states.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Is the capital of United States
WASHINGTON D.C
The 50 stars represent the ?
50 STATES
The 13 stripes represent the?
13 COLONIES
– believe to be the original designer of the Flag of USA
Francis Hopkins
a Philadelphia seamstress believed to make the first flag
Betsy Ross
It was developed by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson at the
the direction of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1776
THE GREAT SEAL OF UNITED STATES
POPULAR AIRPORT IN UNITED STATES It was the official flag carrier from 1972 until December 4,1991.
PAN AM Also known as PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
considered as the 2nd largest nation in the world.
Canada
The climates of Central America are essentiall
tropical
dominant language of Central America and the official
language in six of the countrie
Spanish
the most visited nation in Central America.
Costa Rica
he islands of the Caribbean are sorted into three main island groups:
The Bahamas, the Greater
Antilles and the Lesser Antilles.
The name “Caribbean” is named after
the Caribs one of the dominant American Indian groups in the region at the time of European contact during the late fifteenth century.
The term “West Indies” originates from?
Christopher Columbus’s idea that he had landed
in the Indies
a common alternate name for the Caribbean
Sea in various European languages.
Sea of the Antilles
