Basics Of Geography

Question 1

Relative location vs Absolute location

Answer 1

Relative location-a place in relation to another place.
Ex: across the street from
Absolute location-the exact location of a place, coordinates.
Ex:(40N,50W)

Question 2

Latitude and longitude

Answer 2

latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth’s surface.
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the earth’s surface.

Question 3

Weather and climate

Answer 3

Weather- The state of the atmosphere over a short period of time.
Climate state of the atmosphere over a long period of time.

Question 4

Highland

Answer 4

Highland climates are cool to cold, found in mountains and high plateaus. Climates change rapidly on mountains.

Question 5

Humid continental

Answer 5

large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.

Question 6

Humid subtropical

Answer 6

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterised by hot and wet summers, and mild, drier winters. It normally lies on the southeast side of all continents, generally between latitudes 25° and 35°.

Question 7

Marine West Coast

Answer 7

generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool but not cold winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range

Question 8

Mediterranean

Answer 8

have relatively mild winters and very warm summers. However winter and summer temperatures can vary greatly between different regions with a mediterranean climate.

Question 9

Tundra

Answer 9

Tundra ecosystems are treeless regions found in the Arctic and on the tops of mountains, where the climate is cold and windy and rainfall is scant. Tundra lands are snow-covered for much of the year.

Question 10

Arid

Answer 10

A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Environments subject to arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic.

Question 11

Economic activity map

Answer 11

Shows what resources are being produced in a certain area.

Question 12

Physical map

Answer 12

Shows different physical features in an area

Question 13

Climate map

Answer 13

Shows the different type of climate in an area or continent

Question 14

Global grid

Answer 14

The global grid system uses both the parallels of latitude and the meridian of longitude. When giving a location in latitude and longitude, latitude is always first.

Question 15

Map legends

Answer 15

A key that explains the symbols on a map.

Question 16

Map scale

Answer 16

A key that is used to show the actual real life distance of two objects on the map versus the distance shown on the map

Question 17

Compass rose

Answer 17

Shows intermediate directions such as north, South, east, west, north east, south east, Southwest, Northwest.

Question 18

Equator

Answer 18

Equator usually refers to an imaginary line on the Earth’s surface equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole, dividing the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere

Question 19

Prime meridian

Answer 19

prime meridian is a meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographical coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°. divides the Earth, into two hemispheres. If one uses directions of East and West called Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere.