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.s.s. chap 1 Flashcards

1
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What are the 7 continents?

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Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Antarctica and Austrailia

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2
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What are the 5 oceans?

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Pacific, Indian, Antarctic, Arctic and Atlantic

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3
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What is Geography?

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The study of earth and its people.

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4
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How long is a decade?

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10 years

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5
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what is a century?

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100 years

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6
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What is a millennium?

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1000 years

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7
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What is a globe?

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A round model of the earth that shows its shape, lands and directions as they truly relate to one another.

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8
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What is a map?

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A flat drawing of all or part of earths surface.

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9
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Name the 4 types of map projections.

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Goodes Interrupted Equal-Area Projection
Robinson Projection
Mercator Projection
Winkel Tripel Projection

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10
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Which imaginary lines run east to west around the globe?

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Latitude

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11
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Which imaginary lines run north to south around the globe?

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longitude

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12
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What do we call the line that divides the earth into the western and eastern hemispheres?

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Prime Meridian

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What do we call the line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres?

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Equator

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14
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The North Pole is located at______degrees north.

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90

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15
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The South Pole is located at ______degrees south.

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90

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16
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Everything east of the Prime Meridian is______degrees, and west of the Prime Meridian is_______degrees. Which makes the earth a full____-degrees.

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180,180,360

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17
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Name the 7 parts of a map

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Title, Key, Scale Bar, Compass Rose, Cities, Capitals and Boundary Lines

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18
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Name the inner planets

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

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19
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Name the outer planets

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Jupiter, Saturn,Uranus and Neptune

20
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How do the inner and outer planets differ?

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The outer planets are larger and composed mostly or entirely of gases

21
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Define Solar Sysyem

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The earth, seven other major planets,and thousands of smaller bodies that revolve around the sun.

22
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What is axis?

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An imaginary line that passes through the center of the earth from the North Pole to South Pole.

23
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How long does it take for the earth to complete a rotation?

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24 hours

24
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It takes the earth how long to revolve around the sun?

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365 1/4 days

25
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Explain why we have a leap year.

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Every four years the extra fourths of a day are combined and added to the calendar as Feb. 29th.

26
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Define Atmosphere

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The layer of oxygen and gases that surrounds earth.

27
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The earth is tilted_______degrees on its axis.

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23 1/2

28
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Why do we have season

A

The tilt of the earth

29
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Which rays bring warmth?

A

direct

30
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Describe summer solstice.

A

In Northern Hemisphere this day has the most hours of sunlight

31
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Describe winter solstice.

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In Northern Hemisphere this day has the fewest hours of sunlight at the beginning of winter

32
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Describe the autumn and spring equinoxes.

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The days that have equal amount of day and night.

33
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How might latitude affect the population of a region?

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The warmer latitude would attract more people and the colder latitude would hinder people from living there.

34
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Why is geography so important for us to study today?

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so we can know about our world and its people and their cultures

35
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Define absolute location

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It is the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found.

36
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What is relative location?

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what feature is in relation to surroundings.

37
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Name and define the 5 themes of Geography.

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Location-the position of a place on the earths surface.
Place-describes the characteristics of a location that make it unique.
Human Environment Interaction- how people affect their environment affects them.
Movement-how and why people,ideas and goods move from place to place.
Regions-area of land on earths surface that have several common characteristics.

38
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What is the difference between physical geography and human geography?

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Physical geography is the study of earths physical features.

Human geography is the study of humans and their way of life.

39
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How are satellites important to geographers today?

A

They help us see what is in space and they take pictures of earth.

40
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What is GPS and what is it used for?

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Global Positioning System. It gives exact location

41
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What is a GIS and what is it used for?

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Geographic Information System, Computer software that gathers, stores and analyzes geographic information.

42
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What things will we find on a political map

A

political boundaries of countries.cities and transportation routes.

43
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What thing will we find on a physical map?

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elevation

44
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What is the difference in a small scale and large scale map?

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A small scale map shows large land area but little detail. A large scale map shows small land areas with a lot of detail.

45
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What is a rotation?

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to spin on axis

46
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What is a revolution?

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one complete circuit around the sun.

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