geography

What does culture mean

Way of life

Evolution

The false idea of how the earth began

The 7 continents from largest to smallest

Asia , Africa, Europe, Australia

Topography

The shape and elevation of land

The largest and deepest ocean

Pacific ocean

Warmest ocean

Indian ocean

Shallow and smallest ocean also coldest

Arctic ocean

Lines that run east and west

Parallels of latitude

Parallels of altitude that circle the earth

Equator

What the equator devides

The hemispheres

The four most important parallels of latitude

Tropic of cancer, ttopic of Capricorn, Arctic circle and Antarctic circle

Lines that come together at the poles and run north and south

Lines of longitude

Coordinates

The point of intersection

Landforms

Plains, butter, mountains, hills,plateaus,peninsula

Explain the hydrologic cycle

Moisture evaporates intot he air and forms cloud, cloud drifts over land ,rains ,continue

What is a tributary

Rivers that feed into bigger rivers

Weather

Changes in the lower part of earth’s atmosphere

Climate

Weather which occurs in a longer period of time

Precipitation

The release of water from the sky

Evapotranspiration

Pumping water out of the ground

Elevation

Height above sea level

Who was Vladimir Koppen

A climates and meteorologist introduced a system of climate clarification

Monsoon

Warm moist wind blowing in from the sea to the land

Renewable sources

Trees, water

Solar energy

Energy of the sun

Non renewable sources

Iron ,bauxite

Socialism

Government run

Capitalism

Individual freedom

Census

A systematic study of the world’s population

Cartography

The art of making maps

Pros of using a globe

More detailed map

Pros of using a flat map

More convenient storage

Cons of a globe

Only can look at one half of the earth at one time

Cons of a map

Distorts land form and cannot accurately display correct size and shape and location

Statistics

Actual facts

Estimates

Approximate guesses

Most important thing in culture

Religion