Tools Used by Geographers

Satellites use remote sensing to gather information about Earth from far away.

What are the 3 elements of GPS?

A map key...

Remote sensing is...

What is a type of landform?

A map’s scale bar is used to determine how many real miles each inch on the map represents.

When would you use a small-scale map?

The study of Earth and its people, places, and environments.

GPS stands for Geographical Positioning System.

Refers to Earth's features in terms of their locations, shapes, relationships to one another.

The shape and nature of the land.

When would you use a large-scale map?

What are some advantages of a map?

How do humans negatively affect the environment?

What are the two types of maps?

Why are globes more accurate than maps?

Which of these tools provides information about the locations of physical and human features?

Places that are close to one another and share some characteristics.

What is one way in which maps and globes differ?

Which type of map would show the boundaries of countries?

If you use google maps are you using a geography skill?

Which of the following divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

To find out what the blue lines on a map represent you look at which tool?

Map projection...