Introduction to World Geography

Front

What type of geography is "the study of the natural characteristics of the Earth"?

Back

Physical Geography

Front

What type of geography is "the study of the ways people interact with the Earth"?

Back

Human Geography

Front

What geographer's tool shows a variety of characteristics of a place but can distort the size or shape?

Back

maps

Front

What geographer's tool is a computer-based program that layers different types of information?

Back

GIS (Geographic Information System)

Front

What theme of Geography is defined by physical features, such as land forms, plants, animals, and weather patterns?

Back

Place

Front

What theme of Geography can be used to describe how Michigan is divided into the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula?

Back

Regions

Front

What theme of Geography explains how and why people, ideas, and goods move from place to place?

Back

Movement

Front

What theme of Geography describes how people affect their environment, or natural surroundings, and how their environment affects them?

Back

HEI (Human/Environment Interaction)

Front

Imaginary lines that help plot coordinates and run east and west.

Back

latitude

Front

Imaginary lines that help plot coordinates and run north and south.

Back

longitude