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Unit 1 Flashcards

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1
Q

What are the 5 major themes of Geography?

A

Movement, Human-Eviromental, Reagin, Location, Place

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What does absolute location do?

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Shows you the EXACT location.

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What does relative Location do?

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Shows you locations RELATED to it.

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Orientation

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Directional indicator indentifies map orientation. (Compass)

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Hemisphere

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Half of the earth

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Scale

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Area can be repersented by using a raity of scales.

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Ladituse lines measure what?

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North and south

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Longitude ines measure what?

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East and west

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The middle laditude line is?

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Equater

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The middle longitude line is?

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Prime meridian

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A mercator map can be used by?

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Ship navigator

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Unique characteristics about mercator

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Has lots of laditude and longitude lines.

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13
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You can find Robinson map in a?

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Classrooms.

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Unique characteristics about Robinson map

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They are less disorontited than others

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Polar maps are used by ?

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Pilots

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Unique characteristics about polar maps

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You can only see ONE hemisphere

17
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Globes can be used by ?

A

Teachers

18
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Unique characteristics about globes

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Its very accurate and its 3D

19
Q

What type of info can be found on a thermatic map?

A

Population, Sickness, Animal life

20
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What aspects of the earth can be distorted when projectig our round world into a flat map?

A

Cities or countries can be made bigger or smaller.

21
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What are some reasons maps change over time?

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More land or water appered over time.

22
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Location

A

¨Where is it?¨

23
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Place

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¨What is it like?¨

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Region

A

¨How are places similar or different?¨

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Movement

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¨How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another?¨

26
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Human- Enviromental Interation

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¨How do people relate to the physical world?¨

27
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Things that show info on maps

A

Symbols, Colors, Lines, nd Boundries

28
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Counter lines show?

A

Elavation

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