World Geography

Question 1

What are the two ways geographers describe location?

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absolute and relative location

Question 2

________________ introduced by Chinese in the 1100s, heped to accurately determien direction.

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magnetic compasses

Question 3

Climate zones are separted by

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latitude lines

Question 4

What is the area called from the equator to the North Pole?

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Northern hemisphere

Question 5

Who used two and three dimensional tools to learn about the Earth?

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Geographers

Question 6

What does the Greek workd geographia mean?

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to describe the earth

Question 7

What is a three dimensional representation of the earth?

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globe

Question 8

What is the name of the imaginary line that divided the north and south halves of the earth?

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Equator

Question 9

What is the center of the Earth and is made up or iron and nickel?

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core

Question 10

What are the five themes of Geography?

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Human Environment, Region, Movement, Place, and Location

Question 11

Who study the world by looking at location place, region movement, and human environment?

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Geographers

Question 12

What are the three ways that geographers categorize regions in the world?

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Formal, functional, and perceptual regions

Question 13

Who made the first models of the Earth?

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Greeks

Question 14

maps help you to see the types of landforms and bodies of water found in a specific area

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physical maps

Question 15

What type of map is a representation of natural and man made feature on the earth?

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topographic map

Question 16

Who divided the Earth into 360 sections?

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Hipparchus

Question 17

What are easily portable and can be redrawnto any scale needed?

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maps

Question 18

What is the study of the distribution and interaction of physcial and humans onthe earth

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Geography

Question 19

What is the moltne rock material formed when sold rock in the earth's mantle or crust melt

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magma

Question 20

What is the name of the mapmaker?

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Cartographer

Question 21

Who calculated the circumference of the Earth in 255 b.c. in Alexandria, Egypt?

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Eratosthenes

Question 22

What is a set of imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator and lines run horizontal?

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Latitude

Question 23

What is the area called from the equator to the South Pole?

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Southern Hemisphere

Question 24

What is the imaginary line that dividing the earth east and west

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Prime Meridain

Question 25

How many degrees in a circle?

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360

Question 26

Each degree of latitude or longitude is divided into

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60 minutes

Question 27

The 180 degree meridian is also called the

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International date

Question 28

What refers to the way people view distance?

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Psychological distance

Question 29

What is a set of imaginary lines that go around the earth over the poles dividing it east&west

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longitude

Question 30

What si a rock layer abut 1,8000 miles thick that are between the earth's crust &earth's core?

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mantle

Question 31

___ maps show features on the earth's surface that humans created.

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political maps

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World Geography

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