Geography Ch. 1-2 Review

Define Geography

• Study of maps

• Study of absolute and relative location

• Study of place and space

What are the main types of maps?

• Religion, environment, and landforms

• Physical, Political, Thematic

• Migration, political, region

The 5 themes of Geography are Movement, Relationships, Human-Enviorment Interaction, Location, and Place?

• True

• False

What is the Prime Meridian?

• Divides the Eastern and Western Hemisphere

• Divides the earth between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere

• One half of the earth

What are the Tropics?

• Tropic of Scorpio and Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Taurus and Tropic of Capricorn

What are cartograms?

• Map feature that gives physical representation on a map.

• A map in which some thematic mapping variable is substituted for landscape or distance.

• Thematic map

What is a map?

• a three dimensional representation of the earth shows the whole surface.

• A two dimensional usually only show part of the earths surface

• Thing that shows places

Define atmosphere

• Layer of gas surrounding earth

• Solid rock portion of the earth's surface

• Where plants and animals live

What are plate tectonics?

• Thin layer of rock

• Fossil

• Movement of large plates (crust) above magma in the mantle

What’s the lowest point on earth?

• Mariana trench

• Death Valley

• Dead Sea