World Geography CH.1 – Flashcards
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Two types of location that geographers use as reference points
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absolute and relative
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Formal Region
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boundaries determined by common characteristics
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Why do Geographers use history?
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to help determine what places looked like in the past
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What divides the earth into the Northern and the Southern Hemisphere?
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Equator
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Relative location
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the location of a place in relation to other places
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What are the parts of the grid system?
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Lines of longitude The prime meridian The equator
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What is the name given to the study of the connections between people and their physical environment?
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Human- environment interaction
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What dose the functional region focuses on?
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a central point and the surrounding territory linked to it
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Physical Geography
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study of earths physical features
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What are some uses of Geography?
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making predictions about a populations future water needs
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What is another term for human geography?
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cultural geography
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Why do geography study political science?
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to learn how people in different places are governed
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Why do geographers use a grid system?
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in order to identify the precise location of any place on earth
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When we say a city is located at longitude 120E it located in the...
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Prime Meridian
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What dose the Human Geographer do?
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Analyzes human aspects of culture
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Place
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a particular space with physical and human meaning
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Ecosystem
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a community of plants and animals
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Meteorology
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the study of weather and weather forecasting
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Absolute Location
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the exact spot at which a place is found on a globe
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Hemisphere
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two halves of the earth, divided north- south east-west
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Equator
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dividing line for the north and southern hemispheres
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Ecosystem
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a community of plants and animals
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cartography
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the study of maps
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Geographie information system
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tool that processes and organizes data for geographers
