Foundations of Geography

What does a climate map show?

Climate is current weather that is happening right now

What types of resources are renewable by nature?

How do geographers groups areas that have common features?

Renewable resources include, water, wind, sun, and plastic

Half of the world is called what?

What type of map shows borders, states and capitals?

The three most important features of culture are traditions, religion, and clothing

When the Earth is tilted towards the sun, what season is it?

What causes earth to have seasons?

Relative location is a places location in relation to another

Lines of latitude and longitude are measured in what?

Lines of longitude run from east to west

What type of map shows water, land forms, and elevation?

In high latitudes it is warmer, and in low latitudes it is colder

What shows how much space on a map represents real distance?

What invisible line sits at zero degrees and runs from east to west?

Half of the world is called a hemisphere

What map feature gives us the cardinal directions?

The study of earth and how people use it is called what?