1st Quarter Final Exam: Part 2 - Geography

What is geography?

• They study of the Earth

• The study of the map

• The study of America

• The study of history

What continent do you live on?

• America

• California

• North America

• Asia

Weather patterns that an area experiences over a long period of time

• Weather

• Precipitation

• Climate

• Physical Features

A place's exact location on Earth (coordinates)

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

• Region

• Spot

Finding a place's location by describing places near it. (Roseburg is south of Eugene)

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

• Relational Location

• Definite Location

Map that shows the physical features of earth.

• Thematic Map

• Contour Map

• Physical Map

• Political Map

Shows the borders between countries, and includes capitals.

• Physical Map

• Political Map

• Country Map

• Thematic Map

Shows a geographic pattern or a specific theme

• Contour Map

• Political Map

• Physical Map

• Thematic Map

Line of longitude that dives the Earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Prime Number

• Solstice

Line of latitude that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Equinox

• Hemisphere