SNR M1/4 SS: How Geographers View the World Review

Geography is the study of what?

• Rocks and dirt

• Where places are located and where people go.

• Of Earth and it's people, palaces, and environments

• Of the animals and their habitats

What does the word, "Spatial" mean?

• It means I need space from you

• Earth's features in terms of their places, shapes, and relationships to one another.

• Being in outer space

One way Geographers look at Earth is spatially. What does spatially mean in that sentence?

• They study all things that take up space on Earth. (Cities, Countries, Mountains etc.)

• They study outer space. (Stars, Moon, Planets)

• They look at all the rocks and dirt on the ground.

• They look at people directly in the eye.

What is landscape?

• A job that landscapers do in the front yard.

• Whatever you can see from your window at home.

• The portions of Earth's surface that can be viewed at one time from another location

• Anything that sun touches.

If Teacher Rod tells you, "The 7-Eleven is near by SNR." Did I give you 7-Eleven's...

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

These Horizontal lines that run from East to west on this globe are called?

• Prime Meridian

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Tropics of Capricorn

These vertical lines that run from North to South on this globe are called?

• Prime Meridian

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Tropics of Capricorn

Fill in the Blank: The ____________ is a line of Latitude that run East to West around the middle of Earth. It separates Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

Fill in the Blank: The ____________ is a the starting point of measuring longitude. It separates Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

What is a region?

• A place.

• A grouping of land .

• A group of places that are close to one another and share some characteristics.

• A group of places that make up a country.