Geography

Location Place Region Movement Human-Environmental Interaction

Location Place Region Movement Human-Environmental Interaction

What are the 5 themes of geography?

Geography

study of the description of the earth, writes or describing earth

Relative

nearby landmarks

Absolute location

Exact location, fixed, and has an adress

Location

a place of a certain thing, can be used by GPS, expressed thru coords

Place

physical features of a place, landform, climate, and resources

Human Environmental Interaction

mans contact w/ the environment like irrigation, roads, bridges, etc

Movement

movement of people cuz of trade or migration

Region

group of places w/ one or more places with atleast one common characteristic

develop better understanding of the world and learn from the past and adapt

Why is history important to study

Grid

network between horizontal and vertical lines are called

hemispheres

Two halves of the earth divided by the equator are called

Latitude/Parallels

lines used to locate places north or south of the equator are called

Longitude/Meridians

Lines used to locate places east or west of the prime meridian are called

Equator and Prime Meridian

What are the great circles

Greenwich Observatory, England

Where does the prime meridian run trough

big blue marble with swirling clouds

How did apollo describe the earth

71

How much percent is the earth covered in water

Continent

large unbroken landmass completely surrounded by water

Europe

large western peninsula off the continent of asia. it has irregular coastline and has many mountains and islands

Mt Elbrus

Highest point of europe

Caspian Sea

Lowest point of europe

Volga

Longest river in russia

Ladoga

Largest lake in europe

Asia

Largest continent, lays entirely on the northern hemisphere, largest population

Ural mountains

What separates Europe and Asia

Dead sea

Lowest point of asia and the lowest point of the world

Mt everest

Highest point of asia and the world

North America

Surrounded by bodies of water, the third largest

Mt Mickenly

Highest point of america

Missisipi River basin

occupies more than 1/8th of the contnients land area is the (northamerica)

Panama

What isthmus connects North AM and South AM

South America

Has the second highest mountains in the world, 4th largest, Extends to carribean regular coastline

Andes

Second highest mts

Amazon basin

Main lowland of south am

Peninsula Valdes

Lowest point of south AM

Aconcagua

highest point of South AM

Africa

Second largest

mt Kilimanjiro

Highest point of africa

Lake assal

Lowest point africa

Northern, Central and Southern, Eastern Highlands

3 Major division of africa (Pleateaus)

Australia and Oceania

Low lying continent that is flat, countless islands

mt Kosciusko

Highest in astralia

Climate

Weather patterns in an area experienced for a long time

Elevation Latitude and Location

Factors influencing climate

temperature precipitation and wind

When we talk about weather, weather is

Tropical

Low latitue zones 23 ½ of the equator

Temperate

Middle latitudes, 23 ½ to 66 ½

Antarctica

Where is located in the polar zone

Wind, Water, Ice, Tectonic plates

How are landforms formed?

Mountain Hill Plateau Plain

4 Major landforms

plateau

Flat land situated in high elevation with rocks