UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE
1. Define Geography.
2. Know which hemisphere contains each continent.
3. Know major characteristics of the different types of maps.
4. What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
5. What does a cartographer do?
6. What is a landsat and what does it do?
7. What is a map projection?
8. What three things erupt from a volcano?
9. What internal force of the earth occurs in the Ring of Fire?
10. Define atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere.
11. Define the terms humus and loess.
12. What are the tectonic plates?
13. What is a seismograph and what does it do?
14. What is a tsunami?
15. From where does magma flow and what does it turn into?
16. What’s the difference between chemical and mechanical weathering?
17. What is permafrost?
18. Describe deciduous trees.
19. Define convection.
20. List the four types of external forces that affect the earth and give characteristics of each.
21. Define biome.
22. Define culture.
23. Define diffusion and acculturation.
24. What is the difference between monotheism and polytheism?
25. Define urbanization.
26. Define democracy.
27. What is population density?
28. What is the main factor in population growth?
29. What is a central business district?
30. What is per capita income?