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World Geography

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  • The study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth
    Geography
  • What is the kind of map is shown
    Heat Sensing Scan
  • Line that go around the earth over the poles
    Longitude
  • A representation of natural and man-made features on earth Landsat a series of satellites that can photograph the entire earth in 16 days
    Topographic map
  • A way of drawing the earth’s surface that reduces the distortion caused by converting three dimensions to two dimensions
    Map projection
  • The following picture represents which kind of map
    Thematic Maps
  • True or False: advantage of the map is that distortion occurs when a three-dimensional image is converted to two dimensions.
    False
  • True or False: Advantage of the globe is that it is a three- dimensional and so shows the earth as it sits in space.
    True
  • The exact place where a geographic feature is found
    Absolute location
  • What are the Five Themes of Geography
    1. Location 2. Place 3. Region 4. Movement 5. Human/ Environment Interaction
  • Each half of the globe
    Hemisphere
  • A system that uses digital map information to create a databank to produce specialized maps
    Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • It describes how a place is related to its surrounding environment
    Relative Location
  • What would you use the GPS for ?
    Locating objects
  • Two-dimensional graphic representations of selected parts of the earth’s surface cartographer a mapmaker
    Map
  • Imaginary line that divides the east and west halves the earth
    Prime meridian
  • The following picture represents which kind of satellits
    GOES
  • What are the methods used by geographer
    Maps, photographs, scale models, the five themes of geography