4747602405 | Place is a | Point | 0 | |
4747602406 | Region is an | Area | 1 | |
4747602407 | Location | The position something occupies on earths surface | 2 | |
4747602408 | Toponym | The name given to a place on earth | 3 | |
4747602409 | Four ways in which places can receive names | Physical environment, famous person/founder, religion, ancient history | 4 | |
4747602410 | 3 reasons why places can change names | Political upheaves, in honor of a hero, offensive place names | 5 | |
4747602411 | Site | The physical character of a place | 6 | |
4747602412 | What are some site characteristics | Climate, water sources, soil, vegetation, latitude | 7 | |
4747602413 | Human actions have the ability to ____ the characteristics of a site | Modify | 8 | |
4747602414 | Situation | The location of a place relative to other places | 9 | |
4747602415 | What role do familiar places have understating SITUATION of unfamiliar places? | situation helps us find an unfamiliar place by comparing its location w/ a familiar one | 10 | |
4747602416 | What place is designated as 0 degrees longitude? | Greenwich, England | 11 | |
4747602417 | What is the name for the line drawn @ 0 degrees longitude? | Prime meridian | 12 | |
4747602418 | How is a degree of longitude or latitude further subdivided | Dividing each degree into 60 minutes (') and each minute into 60 seconds | 13 | |
4747602419 | Give an example | 46^ N 37' 10'' 35^ W 25' 30'' | 14 | |
4747602420 | How many degrees of longitude do you need to travel across to pass through one "hour" of time | 15 degrees of longitude | 15 | |
4747602421 | How many time zones are there | 24 | 16 | |
4747602422 | Where and why were the standard time zones first adopted | 1714, Great Britain 'axe the longitude Act. Due to the fact that not being able to measure longitude | 17 | |
4747602423 | What is the longitude of the international date line | 180 degrees | 18 | |
4747602424 | What is a cultural landscape | Convo of cultural feature such as language and religion | 19 | |
4747602425 | A region is | An area of earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics | 20 | |
4747602426 | Geographers using the regional studies approach argue that the distinctive landscapes of different regions result in what | Social relationships and Physical processes | 21 | |
4747602427 | Uniform region & example | An area within which everyone shares in common one of more distinctive characteristics. Common language | 22 | |
4747602428 | Functional region & example | An area organized around a node or focal point. Louisville | 23 | |
4747602429 | Vernacular region and example | A place that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity | 24 | |
4747602430 | CULTURE BELIEFS | customary beliefs, material traits, social forms | 25 | |
4747602431 | What people take care of | Food, clothing, shelter | 26 | |
4747602432 | Cultural ecology | Geographic study of human-environment relationship | 27 | |
4747602433 | Environmental determination | A 19th and early 20th century approach to the study of geography which argues that the general laws sought by human geographers | 28 | |
4747602434 | How many major types of climates are there | Tropical, Dry, Warm-Mid, Cold amid, polar | 29 | |
4747602435 | In what major way does climate influence human activities | People avoid places where it's too hot, too cold, too wet and too dry | 30 | |
4747602436 | 4 major biomes | Forest, savanna, grassland, desert | 31 | |
4747602437 | What are 2 major problems with which geography are concerned as far as soil is concerned | Erosion and Depletion of nutrients | 32 | |
4747602438 | Erosion | Occurs when the soil washes away in the rains and blows away | 33 | |
4747602439 | Depletion of nutrients | Occurs when plants withdraw | 34 | |
4747602440 | Deomorphology | 35 | ||
4747602441 | Topographic maps | 36 |
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