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