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Question 1

What are the 5 themes of Geography?

Answer 1

Location, place, region, human environmental interaction, movement

Question 2

What are site and situation?

Answer 2

site-physcial characteristics of a place
situation-location of place in relation to others

Question 3

What is latitude

Answer 3

horizontal lines running parralell to the equator. 90* is max.

Question 4

What is longitude

Answer 4

vertical lines drawn between north and south poles. East or west of prime mediridan. 0-180*

Question 5

What are the different types of regions?

Answer 5

1. formal-measurable borders/data, and has very specific characterisitcs
2. Functional/nodal- A hub like a highway
3. Perceptual- human attitude and feelings of a place

Question 6

3 types of distance

Answer 6

1.Linear-how far something travels across earth
2. time- amount of time taken to travel
3. pshychological- the way people percieve distance.

Question 7

3 types of maps

Answer 7

1.General- shows natural or man made features (political)

2. Thematic-maps that show specific data (colors)

3.navigational- Used by sailors and mappers, now GPS

Question 8

scales of maps

Answer 8

1.Small- Shows small amount of detail

2. large- shows large amount of detail

Question 9

2 geography types

Answer 9

1.Normal-Study of distribution and interaction of humans and physical features

2.contemporary- where people and activities are found and why they’re there

Question 10

what is the order of planets to the sun

Answer 10

My very educated mother just served us noodles

Question 11

How far is the earth from the sun

Answer 11

93.7 million mi

Question 12

what planet has the most moons

Answer 12

saturn

Question 13

How large is earth

Answer 13

7917.5 miles in diameters

5th largest planet

Question 14

how old is the earth

Answer 14

4.543 billion years

Question 15

layers of the earth

Answer 15

core, mantle, crust

lithosphere-land
hydrosphere-water
biosphere-living things
atmosphere-air

Question 16

3 types of landforms

Answer 16

mesa- medium land
plateu-large land
butte- small land

Question 17

prarie vs steppe

Answer 17

prarie-taller grass more trees
steppe- shorter grass and nothing there

Question 18

3 types of erosion

Answer 18

wind
gliacial
water

Question 19

what makes a tropical storm and hurricane

Answer 19

tropical storm- 39+mph winds

hurricane-74+mph winds

Question 20

4 factors that influence climate

Answer 20

1. wind/ocean currents
2. latitude
3. topography
4. elevation

Question 21

elnino and la nina

Answer 21

el nino- warm waters of s. america
la nina-opposite

Question 22

what is topsoil

Answer 22

the top 6 inches of soil with all the nutrients

Question 23

Biomes

Answer 23

1. Forest
2. desert
3. tundra
4. grasslands
5. aquatic

Question 24

what is carrying capactiy

Answer 24

the max amount of people for a region

Question 25

terms for culture

Answer 25

1. diffusion- spreading of info from places 2. cultural hearth-starting point of idea 3. acculturation- when a soceity/culture changes but retains main beliefs 4.assimilation- group of people totally absorbed by majority

Question 26

different rates

Answer 26

CBR- crude birth rate (live births per 1000) TFR- total fertility rate CDR- Crude death rate IMR- Infant mortality rate

Question 27

GDP and GNP

Answer 27

GDP- Gross domestic product, value of good ands services produced in a country GNP-Total value of all goods produced by a country Gross national product

Question 28

types of land

Answer 28

state- specific territory owning themselves nation-people with common culture and soceity nation state-nation and state occupy same place stateless nation- people with no homeland

Question 29

4 types of economy

Answer 29

traditional-exchange of goods command-determined by gov market-determined by demand mixed-2 and 3 together

Question 30

types of economic activity

Answer 30

1.primary-simple goods like wood 2. Secondary-changing the form of goods for more money (carving) 3. tertiary-businesses provide the goods 4. Quarternary- provides info by people

Question 31

4 types of gov

Answer 31

1. democracy- citixens hold the power 2. monarchy-king is in charge 3. dictatorship- one person in charge 4. communism- all power and production controled by gov