What is Geography?

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Shannon Ballou
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which is the central idea?
Geographers use tools such as maps and globes.
Geography is interesting.
Geography is the study of connections between people and the earth.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This passage explains that geography is
the study of many aspects of earth.
the study of photography and satellites.
a religious group.
the study of ancient Greece.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The passage discusses how many ways to look at people and the earth?
two
four
six
ten
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
For a geographer, the phrase "Spanish-speaking" might identify a
movement
region
satellite
relationship
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In the first paragraph, the phrase "earth description" is used as
a simile
a definition
a name for the early Greeks
one of several ways of looking at earth
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The word "foremost" means
debated
forgotten
first
fourth
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