Crash Course Geography #1 What is Geographt

What do geographers look to find?

• Connections between the physical processes at work on earth’s surface and how people use and interact with the earth.

• Connections between the natural processes at work under the earth’s surface and how animals use and interact with the earth.

• A summary of all of the world's capitals

• The shape of countries' flags

What is absolute location?

• Many exact places on earth.

• Any place on the earth.

• An exact place on earth.

• The only place where people can live.

What is a plantation?

• A small-scale farm.

• A large-scale commercial enterprise that just produces one crop and mostly exports it.

   

• A forest.

• Any kind of place with vegetation.

What does the United States buy from Guatemala and how many pounds do they buy?

• 3 billion pounds of bananas

• 4 billion pounds of coconut

• 3 billion pounds of grapefruit

• 4 billion pounds of apples

What are some of the thing’s bananas need to grow successfully? (more than one answer is correct).

• 67 inches of rain a year

• A least one month with snow.

• A well drained sols rich in potassium. Guatemala’s volcanoes spew rocks rich in iron, magnesium, and potassium.

• A temperature between 20-35 (68-95) degrees C.

What are some of the tools that help quantify space?

• Rulers

• Protractors

• Calculators

• Maps and satellite images

Where do bananas come from originally?

• South Africa

• Australia

• Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

• Madagascar

What is human environment interactions? 

• Ways humans connect with and live within the environment and the impact the environment has on lives, choices, and experiences or people.

• Ways the physical world connects with and live within the environment and the impact the environment has on lives, choices, and experiences or people.

• Ways animals connect with and live within the environment and the impact the environment has on lives, choices, and experiences or people.

• None of the answers are correct.

Why does the US import bananas from Guatemala?

• Because the US owns all the farms in Guatemala.

• Although taxes are more expensive, they have the best bananas in the world.

• Because that is the only country where bananas are produced.

• There are no tariffs or import restrictions and transportation costs are fairly low.

What impact has banana plantations had on Guatemala?

• Bananas have turned Guatemala into one of the wealthiest countries on earth.

• The distribution of land and wealth, leading to peasant uprisings, repressive military regimes, and growing economic inequalities

• Because of bananas, wealth has been distributed and Guatemala is a fair and peaceful nation.

• Banana has had no major impact on Guatemala.