Studying Geography and Branches of Geography

Question 1

What is geography ?

Answer 1

Is the study of the world it’s people and they landscapes they create

Question 2

What is a landscape ?

Answer 2

Is all the human and physical features that make it unique

Question 3

What is a social science ?

Answer 3

Is a field that studies people and the relationships they among

Question 4

What is a region ?

Answer 4

Is a part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas

Question 5

What is a map ?

Answer 5

Is a flat drawing that shows all or part of Earths surface

Question 6

What is a globe ?

Answer 6

Is a spherical or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet.

Question 7

What is a physical geography ?

Answer 7

Is the study’s of the world physical features its landforms bodies of water, climate, soils and plants.

Question 8

What is human geography ?

Answer 8

Is the study of the world people, communities, and landscapes

Question 9

What is cartography ?

Answer 9

Is the science of making maps

Question 10

Say two branches of geography

Answer 10

Physical Geography

Human Geography

Question 11

What is meteorology ?

Answer 11

The study of weather and what causes it

Question 12

What is a continental divide ?

Answer 12

Is an area of high ground that divides the flow of rivers towards opposite ends of a continent

Question 13

Name the four regions of USA

Answer 13

The west, The Midwest , The South, Northeast

Question 14

What is colony ?

Answer 14

Is a territory inhabited controlled by people form a foreign land

Question 15

What is a plantation ?

Answer 15

Is a large farm that grows mainly one crop

Question 16

These first settlers that traveled west

Answer 16

Pioneers

Question 17

What is a province ?

Answer 17

Are administrative divisions of a country