Geography E1

What is Geography?

• Is the study of the name of the countries and their capitals-

• Is the study of the earth’s landscapes, peoples, places and environments.

• Is the study of the cultures of the world.

• Is the study of the history of people and places.

Animals, especially the animals of a particular region or period, considered as a group.

• Flora

• Realms

• Fauna

• Cattle ranch

Which are the themes of Geography?

• Location

• Region

• Human Environment Interaction

• Place

• Movement

A graphic representation of selected characteristics of a place.

• Map projection

• Cartograms

• Map

• Cartographer

The major land masses of the earth.

• Continents

• Oceans

• Location

• Land

A person who makes maps.

• Geographer

• Cartographer

• Historian

• Scientist

The relationship between distance on a map and actual distance on the earth.

• Title

• Date

• Grid

• Scale

Which imaginary line does the red line represent?

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

• Artic Circle

Which imaginary line does the green line represent?

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

• Artic Circle

Which imaginary line does the purple line represent?

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

• Artic Circle