World Geography

Question 0

Geography tries to represent the earth in?

Answer 0

Drawing

• to better understand our planet

Question 1

The word geography comes from?

Answer 1

Greek

Geo - Graphy

• draw the earth

Question 2

What is the difficulty of placing the earth onto a map?

Answer 2

1. The earth is 3D sphere
2. When placed onto a flat 2D surface the sphere is distorted
3. We can try to accommodate for the distortions

** all maps will be distorted in some way **

Question 3

What are the two main branches of Geography?

Answer 3

Physical Geography

Human Geography

Question 4

Physical Geography looks at?

Answer 4

Physical features of the earth

1. Mountains
2. Oceans / Seas
3. Rivers
4. Biome - Desert/Tundra/rainforest/temperature

Question 5

What is Human Geography?

Answer 5

1. Where people live
2. Patterns of migration
3. Countries
4. Cities / States

Question 6

What do Geographers use to describe the location of various features of the Earth?

Answer 6

1. Ordinal Directions

North, South, East, West

Question 7

Geographers also use ______ to describe locations on the earth?

Answer 7

1. Latitude “Parallels” - Parallel

___________________ North
___________________ Equator
___________________ South

2. Longitude - East or West

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   Prime
 Meridian

Question 8

What is the Prime Meridian? Where does it run through?

Answer 8

The starting point for
east and west - longitude

Grenich, England

** we can start here then head east or west to determine location

Question 9

What is located 180* degrees opposite of the Prime Meridian?

Answer 9

International Date Line

• line of longitude

Question 10

What does the International Date Line do?

Answer 10

1. When we cross it

2. It changes to the next day

Question 11

Why is the date of

political map - map showing countries

important?

Answer 11

Political Geography changes as countries:

• change their borders
• expand
• are created
• becomes apart of another country

Question 12

What is a region?

Answer 12

A place where there are some

Similar characteristics
1. Political -

Ex. Eastern Europe
2. Historical

3. Physical

Ex. Hawaiian Islands / Caribbean Islands

Question 13

What is a Continent?

What are they?

Answer 13

Largest sections of Land

1. Africa
2. Antarctica
3. Asia
4. Australia
5. Europe
6. North America
7. South America

Question 14

Tasmania / New Zealand is considered to be apart of ?

Answer 14

Australia

Question 15

What is the only continent without any countries?

Answer 15

Antarctica

** so South and so cold

Question 16

Africa has a wide variety of?

Answer 16

Countries

Northern - Egypt
Middle - Niger
Southern - South Africa

Question 17

Where are the Himalayas? What is a fact about them? What is the largest mountain in the Himalayas?

Answer 17

Tallest Mountain Range in the world

Mt. Everest

North of India - Asia - spans thru several countries

Question 18

What is the tallest peak in the Alps?

Answer 18

Mt. Blanc

Question 19

Where are the Alps located?

Answer 19

Europe - span thru several countries

Question 20

What is the second tallest Mt. Range in the world?

Answer 20

Andes Mts.

Question 21

Where are the Andes Mts. located?

Answer 21

Along the west coast of South America

Argentina & Chile

Question 22

What is the largest mountain range in North America?

Answer 22

Rocky Mts.

Question 23

What is the tallest peak in The Rocky Mts?

Answer 23

Mt. Elbert

Question 24

Where is the Mediterrean seA?

Answer 24

Surrounded by land in Europe South of Europe North of Northern Africa

Question 25

How do you get out of the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic?

Answer 25

Strait of Gibraltar

Question 26

What connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea? Thus connecting what continents?

Answer 26

Suez Canal connects Europe and Asia

Question 27

Where is the Red Sea?

Answer 27

- Off of the coast of Saudi Arabia (Arabian Peninsula) | - Between the coast of Africa & the Middle East

Question 28

Where is the South China Sea?

Answer 28

- Located in the Pacific Ocean Stretches from Singapore Along the coast of Asia

Question 29

Where is the Nile River?

Answer 29

Passes thru nine different countries Most notably: Egypt

Question 30

What is the longest River in the world?

Answer 30

The Nile River

Question 31

What is the interesting fact of the Nile River?

Answer 31

It flows from South to North into the Mediterranean Sea via the Nile Delta

Question 32

What is the second longest river in the world?

Answer 32

Amazon River - Located in South America