Unit 1 test Flashcards
5 themes of geography
Location place region movement Human: environment interaction
Is the study of earth and its people
Geography
this mp focus on boundaries
Political map
A map that focuses on features such as mountains and valleys
physical map
consists of production and exchange of goods and services among people
economy
goods and services and trade without moey
traditional economy
production of goods and services is determined by the demand of the consumers
command economy
a combination of common and market economies provides goods and services so that all people will benefit
mixed economy
What is a physical boundary?
A naturally occurring barrier between to areas
what is a political or artificial boundary?
a boundary that was already there, land features used as boundaries
The most common land features
plains
high mountains
plateaus and hills
vast oceans
the study and practice of making maps
cartographer
longitude
the measure side to side on a map
Latitude
north south measurement on a map
is a meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system, divides in earth in two hemispheres
Prime meridian