6th Chp 1 Section 1 Studying Geography

Define geography.

• The natural features of the land's surface.

• The pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time.

• Includes all living and nonliving things that affect life in an area.

• The study of the earth's physical and cultural features.

What are the two main branches of geography?

• Human and physical geography.

• Historian and archaeologist.

• Climate and physical geography.

• Mountians and rivers

Geography is

• the natural features of the land's surface.

• the pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time.

• the living and nonliving things that affect life in an area.

• the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create.

Political maps show the names and borders of countries.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What type of map shows land and and water features?

• physical map

• political map

What are the types of features that can identify a region?

• Physical Features

• Human Features

• Physical and Human Features

What is the most accurate way to represent the Earth? 

• map
• globe 

What divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

Which level?

A geographer asks how do people in McCandless get from place to place.

• Local Level

• Regional Level

• Global Level

Which level?

A geographer studies how London's economy affects the world.

• Local Level

• Regional Level

• Global Level