test 1 Flashcards
Bangkok W/E
E
LA W/E
W
Tokio W/E
E
Sao paulo W/E
W
Košice W/E
E
Dublin W/E
W
parallels of latitude up->
n pole
artic circle
tropic of cancer
equator
tropic of capricorn
antartic circle
s pole
Geography is the the why of where /meaning
Why certain things are in a certain place
2 main branches of geo
HUMAN/PHYSICAL geo
Human geo
-study of human activities,societes and their interaction w enviroment
-(Political,Urban,cultural ,Economic GEO)
Physical geo
-focuses on earth’s natural features and processes
-(physical landforms,climatology,biogeography,)
father of geo
erastothenes
object of geo
-study and understand the earth’s physical and human features and the relationships between them.
geosphere
concentrially arranged natural layers that together create a landscape
-(atmosphere,hydrosphere,litosphere,biosphere)
cartography
science that studies map/map making
map
scaled down drawing of a plan
globe
3d version of a plan
plans
drawing of a small area on a large scale
heliocentric
sun at the centre(copernicus)
geocentric
all the planets orbiting around the earth(ptolemy)
topographic vs thematic
topo-graphical representation of 3 dimensional shape of earths surface
thematic-only studies one theme
1:25 000
1cm represents 25 000 m in reality
types of maps(scale)
Large scale -1:10 000-1:200 000
medium scale -1:200 000-1:1 000 000
small scale-more than 1:1 000 000
where can we us geo knowledge
orientation in forest ,gps
what is geo
a science that studies lands,features,processes and relationships among the lands
Sydney S/N
S
Nuuk S/N
N
La paz S/N
S
bagdad S/N
N
Cairo S/N
N
Windhoek
S
