First test Flashcards
What are two ways to determine a location
- Absolute location ( coordinates
2. Relative ( reference to something else)
what separates the north and south hemisphere ?
The equater
What separates the West and East hemisphere ?
Prime Meridian ( also the largest Longitude )
What is the name of the Y line for coordinates
Longitude
What is the name of the X line for coordinates ?
Latitude ( T looks like x )
When reading a coordinates what comes first ?
The x ( latitude)
1 * is
60 minutes=60’
1 min is
60 secods= 60”
What are some countries in the equator
- Brazil
- Ugunda
- Kenya
- Congo
- colombia
- indonesia
- democraic rep of congo
- ecudor
what is confluence ?
2 rivers come together
What are 2 ways to tell how place is ?
- physical characteristic ( great lake)
2. Human Characteristics ( gangsterS)
Glashore can help
form lanscape.
Homo sapiens
- we appeared roughly 100,000 years ago
- First city app read 8000 BCE
- Citiees become more common around 3000 BCE
Hunters and gatherers became
- Neolithic revolution ( Agriculture revolution)
What was the earliest city ?
Jericho
Had activiest and hierarchy of power relations