Geography Review

What does the field of geography describe?

• It describes outer space
• It is the study of the moon
• describes the earth as the home of human beings

Geography is...

• The study of the earth and how we, the people who live there, interact  with it.
  
• A region created when the Earth is divided in half.
• An imaginary line going across the center of the earth.

What is the function of lines of latitude and lines of longitude?

• To help us study Earth over time.
• To allow us to find an exact location on Earth.
• To make things confusing.

Which imaginary lines run north and south?

• Longitude
• Latitude

Which imaginary lines are based on the equator?

• Longitude
• Latitude

What is meant by an "absolute location?"

• It is an address of longitude and latitude.
• It tells you which city a place is located in.
• It tells you approximately where a place is located.

This location tells you EXACTLY where something is

• absolute location
• relative location

this location tells you were something is in relation to something else

• absolute location
• relative location

Mexico is near America.

• absolute location
• relative location

I live near the bus stop

• absolute location
• relative location