What Do We Know About Geography?

What is geography?

• (A) A Sport

• (B) The study of earth and its peoples

• (C) The study of places

• (D) The study of environments

• B,C,D

__________ are portions of Earth's surface that can be viewed at one time and from one location.

• Landscapes

• Mountains

• Islands

• Earth

The imaginary horizontal lines running parallel on the Earth is called

• Grid

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Heat zone

Select correct statements.

• Latitudes are imaginary lines

• Latitudes are vertical lines

• Latitudes are point sized at the poles

• Latitudes are measured in degrees.

What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• North Pole
• South Pole

• The map show the lines of longitude.
• The map shows the lines of latitude.

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• North Pole
• South Pole

What are the 5 Themes of Geography?

• Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, Climate, and Place
• Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, Place, and Location
• Place, Movement, Location, Region, and Human-Alien Interactions
• Absolute Location, Relative Location, Climate, Vegetation, and Movement 

Regions can be based off more than one feature.

• True
• False

• Movement
• Region
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Location