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1
Q

What is “geography”?

A

To write or describe the Earth

(Ge; The Earth
Grapho; write or describe)

2
Q

Circumference of earth;

A

24,860

guess was 25,000

3
Q

He provided the first map of the known world;

A

Claudius Ptolemy

4
Q

This person argued that places could be located on a map by using a grid system.

A

Hipparchus

5
Q

Homogeneity

A

sameness in region

6
Q

First man to use the word “geography”,

Calculated the earth’s circumference

A

Eratosthenes

7
Q

“We can look at names of places, to find out who we are”

A

Mathematical Location