Geography Final Part 1

Geographers study the way in which information and ideas travel.

Total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a specific group.

Version of a language that reflects changes in speech patterns related to class, region, or other cultural changes.

The exact location of something on Earth.

When weathered material is moved by wind, water, ice or gravity.

Regions made of places that are linked together and work as a unit. (Ex cell phone service area)

Process whereby a society uses existing technology and resources to create something new to meet a need.

Where was the first permanent settlement in Canada located?

What is the study of the physical, biological, and cultural features of Earth's surface?

Soil deposited by streams and rivers.

What imaginary line divides Earth into two equal halves - Northern and Southern hemispheres?

What the imaginary line which runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England?

Geographers study the patterns and ways that people move.

What are the conditions of the atmosphere at a given time and place?

One elliptical orbit of the Earth around the Sun.

Regions that have 1 or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas. (Ex: states)

Average number of people who live in a measurable area.

Which of the following mountain ranges is the oldest?

What do we call the area of ancient rocks that covers half of Canada?

What theory explains how forces within the planet create landforms?

The way people interact with the world around them.

Which of the following cities is the capital of Canada?

Who were the first people to visit Canada from Europe?

They physical and human characteristics of a given area on Earth.

Group that shares language, customs, and common heritage that is a separate identity from the region where they live.

What major river drains most of the interior plains?

What are warm, low-latitude areas called?

Low area of land, generally surrounded by mountains.

Dry area on the leeward (without wind) side of a mountain.

What do we call the tectonically active region around the edges of the Pacific Ocean?

What is the geographer's method of looking for patterns in where things are located on Earth and how they are arranged?

Long, narrow islands that form along coastal plains.

Regions that reflect human feelings and attitudes. (Back home)

What country eventually gained control over all of Canada?

The location on Earth of something in relation to something else.