Chapter 1 - Geography

A part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas

Use contour lines to show the shape and elevation of an area

Feature the major types of natural resources or economic activity in an area

Science of making maps

Give general information about the climate and precipitation of a region

Describes the features that make a site unique

A field that studies people and the relationships around them

What are the two main branches of geography?

Presents most of the information used by the marine navigator

Specific location of something

Based on human attitudes about a space

Map maker

General description of where a place lies

Where something is

The way people interact with the environment

Gathering geographic information from a distance by an instrument that is not physically in contact with mapping site

Way of drawing the earth’s surface that reduces distortion

Study of water on the earth

North, South, East West

Observe, measure, & record what they see in a specific area

Show state and national boundaries, major cities, and capitals

What are the 3 levels of geography?

Flat drawing that shows all or part of the Earth’s surface

Track land use and document land change due to climate change, urbanization, drought, wildfire, biomass changes

All the human and physical features that make it unique

Study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create

A ratio that compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map

Uses 24 satellites called Navstars which beam info to earth

Study of the world’s people, communities, and landscapes

Based on facts

Who was the Father of Geography?

Combine info from a variety of sources & display it in ways allowing user to visualize use of space in different ways

A legend to explain the meaning of each of the symbols used in a map

A map, especially one designed for motorists, showing the roads of a city, state, or other area

Study of the world’s physical features - landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, & plants

Spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet

Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southeast

Based on a function

Weather satellite

Areas that share common characteristics

What are the geographers' tools we learned about?

Study of the weather and what causes it

How and why people and things move