geography

What is geography

• study of maps

• study of the Earth

• study of a country

• study of traditions

high latitudes would involve

• polar zones

• tropics

• equator

• tropic of cancer

what is a natural resource

• steel

• plastics

• compressed wood

• anything from the Earth that people use to meet their needs for food, clothing, & shelter

what is the basic social unit of any culture

• school

• church

• the family

• government

How many continents are there

• 5

• 9

• 7

• 6

what is the capital of Quebec

• Val-de-Or

• St. Augustine

• Toronto

• Montreal

name for settlements that sprang up when gold was discovered in Cariboo Mts.

• boomtowns

• reserves

• Old West

• rural

tributaries are

• forests

• small rivers & streams that connect to main channel of water

• ships

• mountains

to be able to travel on a river

• cargo

• source stream

• float

• navigable

loess is

• blue soil

• wind blown sand

• dust like soil deposited by the wind

• brown coal