Module 1 - A Geographer's World

What geography tool provides information that gives the exact location of a given object on our planet?

Geography is considered a social science because geographers sometimes study landforms and bodies of water.

Which essential element examines how physical systems affect human systems?

Which level of geography examines how people in a town live?

What are the imaginary lines running north-south on a globe called?

What is the science of Earth's water?

Which map feature shows the distance between two points?

Physical geography studies many topics such as...

Which type of map shows mountain ranges, oceans, rivers, deserts, and plains?

The half of the globe located above the Equator is called...

Which type of map shows climate regions, natural resources, population density, or the distribution of religion?

Which level of geography studies products that a country exports to see how those products are used in other countries?

Which level of geography examines local government?

What is another name for lines of latitude?

What is a spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet?

What is the science of map-making?

What is the science of Earth's weather and its causes?

What geography tool is made up of many databases and combines and provides information from various sources?

What does latitude measure?

Which of the following is not a reason Geography is a science?

What are the imaginary lines running east-west on a globe called?

Which essential element studies the patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth’s surface?

Which type of map projection shows accurate direction and shape, but distorts the size of continents near the poles?

Which projection shows true direction for navigators, but distorts true shape?

Which essential element analyzes the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface?

Which theme of geography focuses on describing physical and human features?

Which level of geography examines how people communicate with others who are far away?

Which level of geography compares different places with similar features?

Which map feature shows what the symbols on a map represent?

What does longitude measure?

Which map feature shows the direction of north, south, east, and west?

Which theme of geography focuses on comparing places with shared physical and human features?

What provides images of the Earth from space?

Which theme of geography focuses on migration, transportation, shipping, and communication?

What are the two major branches of geography?

Which level of geography examines how people interact within a large city such as London?

Geography is the study of all the following except?

Which theme of geography focuses on where a particular place is found?

What is another name for lines of longitude?

What is a flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth’s surface?

Which essential element explains how to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future?

Which projection is accurate along the lines of latitude where it touches the globe and retains true shape and size?

Latitude and longitude are measured in...

Human geography studies many topics such as...

Which essential element studies the physical and human characteristics of places?

Which level of geography examines the types of food a community eats?

Which essential element studies the physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface?

Which theme of geography focuses on how people use, change, and adapt to their surroundings?

Which type of map shows borders and capital cities?

Which map feature shows what the subject of a map is?