Geography Study Guide

How many time zones is the earth divided into

Climate, physical, political, population, & natural resource are all types of maps.

The types of landforms we discussed were mountains, hills, plains, plateaus, isthmus, rivers and lakes

A scientist that studies archaeology

Material humans can take from the environment to survive and satisfy their need

Important articles dug-up from the ground

Imaginary line that divides the earth into Eastern & Western hemisphere

An account of what happened in the past

The drawing of a map on a flat surface

The Nile and Amazon make up the most important river system in the US

the prime meridian is an imaginary line that splits the earth into north and south hemispheres and is at 0 latitude

There are seven themes of Geography

A stream or small river that flows into a larger on

Weather that falls from the sky in the form of rain or snow

two halves of the earth split on either side of the equator

An account of an event provided after the fact

Firsthand information about people or events

The five Great Lakes are Super, Missouri, Eerie, Horn, and Onto

Imaginary lines that run north to south (Up and Down)

The average weather of a place over a period of time

The condition of the earth’s atmosphere

The entire way of life that people have developed

A narrow strip of land that joins two large areas

the study of people, their environments, and their resources

Round object shaped like a sphere that has a map of the world on it

Drawing of the earth surface

A person that makes a map

Imaginary lines that run east to west

Imaginary line that divides the earth into eastern and western halves is known as