Intro to Geography

Question 1

Geography

Answer 1

the study of the earth’s human and non-human characteristics

Question 2

Cardinal Directions

Answer 2

North, South, East, West

Question 3

Intermediate Directions

Answer 3

Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest

Question 4

Latitude

Answer 4

Distance north or south of the equator

Question 5

Longitude

Answer 5

Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

Question 6

Equator

Answer 6

An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole

Question 7

Prime Meridian

Answer 7

The meridian,designated at 0 degrees longitude, which passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England

Question 8

Absolute Location

Answer 8

Exact location of a place on earth described by global coordinates

Question 9

Relative Location

Answer 9

The position of a place relative to another place.

Question 10

Distortion

Answer 10

loss of accuracy

Question 11

Weather

Answer 11

The condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place.

Question 12

Climate

Answer 12

Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

Question 13

Renewable Resource

Answer 13

A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed.

Question 14

Nonrenewable Resource

Answer 14

A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame.

Question 15

Energy Resource

Answer 15

A place where energy comes from, such as wind, water, sun.

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Population Density

Answer 16

Number of individuals per unit area

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Population Distribution

Answer 17

How population is spread out in an area.

Question 18

Emigrate

Answer 18

To leave one country.and settle in another

Question 19

Immigrate

Answer 19

To move permanently to a new country

Question 20

Push Factors of Immigration

Answer 20

Economic troubles, overcrowding, poverty, war

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Pull Factors of Immigration

Answer 21

jobs, greater freedom, land

Question 22

Urbanization

Answer 22

Movement of people from rural areas to cities

Question 23

Culture

Answer 23

Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people

Question 24

Social Structure

Answer 24

a pattern of organized relationships among groups of people within a society

Question 25

Social Class

Answer 25

group of people living in similar economic conditions

Question 26

Language

Answer 26

our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning

Question 27

Religion

Answer 27

a system of worship and belief, including belief about the nature of God or Gods

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Cultural Diffusion

Answer 28

The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another

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Economics

Answer 29

The study of how people seek to satisfy their wants and needs by making choices

Question 30

Supply

Answer 30

The amount of goods available

Question 31

Demand

Answer 31

Consumer willingness and ability to buy products and services

Question 32

Trade

Answer 32

Exchange of goods and services

Question 33

Gross Domestic Product

Answer 33

A measurement of the total goods and services produced within a country

Question 34

Government

Answer 34

the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.