Connell Chap 1 Study Guide

Match the following

• Region

• The way in which people, goods, information and ideas get from one place to another

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Refers to the physical and human characteristics of a location

• Place

• An area with common qualities that differentiate it from surrounding areas

• Movement

• Explores the relationship between humans and their environments

• Location

• Refers to where a place is on the Earth's surface

How many hemispheres are there on earth?

• 2

• 3

• 6

• 4

An imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres

• Lines of Longitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Lines of Latitude

Imaginary line that separates the eastern and western hemisphere

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Lines of longitude

• Lines of latitude

The study of distribution and interaction of the physical and human features on the earth is

• Geology

• Geography

• History

• Science

Absolute Location: I am at the mall. Relative Location: I am close to Taco Bell.

• True

• False

Match the following

• Map Pro

• System that creates specialized maps from digital map information stored in a databank

• Globe

• Way of drawing the earth's surface that reduces distortion caused by converting three dimensions into two dimensions

• GIS

• A map that shows landforms

• Topographic Map

• Three dimensional representation of the earth

• Landsat

• Series of satellites that orbit the earth and pick up geographic data