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1
Q

What is the definition of the word “geography”?

A

“earth” and “written description”

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What are the five themes of geography?

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  1. Location
  2. Place
  3. Human-Environment Interaction
  4. Movement
  5. Region
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3
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What are the tools of geography?

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Globes and Maps

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What are the two dissections of maps?

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Mental and Physical Maps

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What do most maps use to be created?

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Cylindrical Projection

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What maps flattens like an orange peel and has cuts and gaps in it?

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Goode’s Projection

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What map has everything distorted but only by a little?

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Robinson’s projection

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This projection is used by placing a cone shaped piece of paper on an imaginary and traces the shadow onto the cone?

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Conic Projection

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9
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Where is the conic projection most accurate?

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Where the cone touches the line

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This is also known as the planar projection

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The Azimuthal Projection

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Where is the azimuthal projection most accurate?

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In the center and becomes more and more distorted near the edges

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12
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Explain what a mental map is and when it would be used

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Answer may vary but should include to communicate directions to a person

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13
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What are moderns maps the result of?

A

GIS

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14
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What is GIS

A

Geographic Information System

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15
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What share the three basic types of symbols

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Point Symbols
Line Symbols
Area Symbols

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Define each of the symbols

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Point- cities, builds, wells,
Line- roads, railroads, rivers
Area- bodies of water, glaciers, swamps

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17
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Where are the meaning of the symbols shown?

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In a legend located in the corner of a map

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18
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What are helpful features of a map?

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Scale and Compass Rose

19
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What are relief maps?

A

Maps that show specific changes in elevation

20
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What do cartographers use to iodinate points on a map that have the same altitude

A

Contour lines of various colors

21
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What is a thematic map?

A

Record gathered information about a region.
Climate, population, resource, political parties, etc.

22
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What is a culture

A

The system of customs and traditions and habits o f a group of people;e use to makes something of their world?

23
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True or False
Culture is man’s response to creation

A

True

24
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What does culture include?

A

technical knowledge
Social structures
Religion
Philosophy

25
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What is a positive aspect of culture

A

Any aspect that align’s with God’s principles for creation

26
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What is structure in regards to culture?

A

The way that God has intended aspects of culture to be

27
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What is direction?

A

Movements towards or away from God’s original intent

28
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What resulted in cultural diversity?

A

The Tower of Babel

29
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Was man a cultural being between the period of the fall of man and the Tower of Babel?

A

Yes. Man has been a cultural being but became diverse at the Tower of Babel

30
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What is multiculturalism?

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All cultures are equally valid and no culture is better than another

31
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Do Christians align with multiculturalism?

A

No

32
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What is the major problem with multiculturalism?

A

There is no absolute truth and everyone truth is relative.

33
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What Bible verse did we use to combat multiculturalism?

A

John 17:17

34
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What are the five themes of CULTURE

A

Religion
Instituions
Social Groups
Aesthetics
Physical Environment

35
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What is the definition of religion?

A

The human s response to God’s revelation

36
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Is religion tied to culture? Why?

A

Yes, because it is closely related to the Creation Mandate

37
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What are institutions?

A

Elements of culture that develop around rules. design, and structure

38
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What are some examples of institutions?

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Marriage, government. economics

39
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What are social groups?

A

Any grouping of people who share a common characteristic?

40
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What is the foundational social group?

A

The family

41
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What are some examples of social groups?

A

Church relationships
Family relationships
Political relationships

42
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What is the definition for aesthetics?

A

Property or characteristics of a person, place, or thing.

43
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Why are aesthetics important to Christians?

A

We need to be able to look and see the beauty God has given to us in the physical world and in cultures as well

44
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Where do we see wise stewardship of the physical earth?

A

In the Garden of Eden when God told Adam and Eve to tend to the garden.

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