Section 1 flashcards

Question 1

The study of the physical, biological, and cultural features of Earth’s surface

Answer 1

Geography

Question 2

The way a person looks at something

Answer 2

Perspective

Question 3

Scenery of places, including physical, human, and cultural features

Answer 3

Landscapes

Question 4

The study of maps and map making

Answer 4

Cartography

Question 5

The study of weather

Answer 5

Meteorology

Question 6

An area with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas

Answer 6

Region

Question 7

Region with one or more common features that make it different form surrounding areas

Answer 7

Formal Region

Question 8

Region made up of different places that are linked and function as a unit

Answer 8

Functional Region

Question 9

Our awareness and understanding of the environment around us

Answer 9

Perception

Question 10

Regions that reflect human feelings and attitudes

Answer 10

Perceptual Regions

Question 11

Human Geography and Physical Geography

Answer 11

2 Branches of Geography

Question 12

Location, Place, Human-Environmental interactions, Movement, Region

Answer 12

5 Themes of Geography

Question 13

lines crisscrossing each other in uniform intervals to create a pattern of squares

Answer 13

grid

Question 14

lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees

Answer 14

latitude

Question 15

lines on a globe drawn in a north- south direction and measured in degrees

Answer 15

longitude

Question 16

an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the north pole and the south pole

Answer 16

equator

Question 17

lines of latitude

Answer 17

parallels

Question 18

lines of longitude

Answer 18

meridians

Question 19

imaginary line drawn from the north pole through Greenwich, England to the south pole

Answer 19

prime meridian

Question 20

units used to measure distances between parallels and between meridians

Answer 20

degrees

Question 21

halves of the globe divided by the equator and prime meridian

Answer 21

hemispheres

Question 22

large landmasses on Earth’s surface

Answer 22

continents

Question 23

a collection of maps in one book

Answer 23

atlas

Question 24

different ways of representing a round Earth on a flat map

Answer 24

map projections

Question 25

shortest route between any two places on the planet

Answer 25

great-circle route

Question 26

a map of element with arrows pointing in all four principal directions

Answer 26

compass rose

Question 27

map key

Answer 27

legend

Question 28

connecting or bordering

Answer 28

contiguous

Question 29

condensed droplets of water that fall as rain,snow,sleet or hail

Answer 29

precipitation

Question 30

elevation, layout and shape of the land

Answer 30

topography

Question 31

graphs showing average temperature and precipitation in a place

Answer 31

climate graphs

Question 32

graphs showing the percentages of males and females by age group in a country’s population

Answer 32

population pyramids

Question 33

The exact or relative spot of something on Earth

Answer 33

location

Question 34

the physical and human features of a location

Answer 34

Place

Question 35

the ways people and environments interrelate with and affect each other

Answer 35

Human-environmental Interaction

Question 36

How people and things change locations and the effects of these changes

Answer 36

Movement

Question 37

geographic areas with one of more shared characteristics

Answer 37

Region