Geography Study Guide

Geography Study Guide

Geography/Economics/Natural Disasters Study Guide

  1. Name the five themes of geography.

Place, Region, Human Environment Interaction, Movement, Location

  1. A person’s beliefs, ideas, language, and religion are __cultural___ features.
  1. Mountains, caves, and bodies of water are all __physical_____ features.
  1. What are people called who move from place to place?Immigrants
  1. What is it called when geographers group things together that have something in common?Region
  1. What is the height of land above sea level?Elevation
  1. __Environment___ is the area that surrounds you.
  1. Lines that run side by side but do not intersect are called ___parallel_____.
  1. What is half of the earth called?Hemisphere
  1. What is relief?Differences in height in a landscape, how flat or rugged the surface is
  1. To say that New Orleans lies on the Mississippi River is to give its ____relative______location.
  1. A cartographer is someone who ______makes maps______.
  1. Name three types of map projections.Mercator, Robinson, Interrupted
  1. An address to your home is an example of ____absolute_____ location.
  1. Lines that run North to South on a map are called ____longitude____.
  1. Lines that run East to West on a map are called ___latitude______.
  1. 0 Longitude is called ___prime meridian______.
  1. 0 Latitude is called __equator______.
  1. List the two types of Location.Absolute and Relative
  1. How has man interacted with the environment?

Positive-recycling, planting trees, picking up trash, building dams

Negative-littering, pollution, cutting down trees

  1. What are the four different types of economic systems?Traditional, Market, Command, Mixed
  1. Which economic system is controlled by the government only?Command
  1. Which economic system is controlled by the government and individual citizens?Mixed
  1. Which economic system would be most like a dictatorship?Command
  1. Which economic system has things passed from one generation to another and is largely untouched by technology?Traditional
  1. Give an example of how supply and demand can affect the price.

If the supply of a product is high and the demand is low, then the price will be low.

  1. A railroad system would be a: human resource, capital resource, or natural resource?Human Resource
  1. What is opportunity cost? Give an example.

What you are willing to give up in order to get something in return. Example:

  1. Someone who buys, sells, or uses products is called a ___consumer____.
  1. The control of the supply of a good or service by one company or by a small group of people is called a _____monopoly______.

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Geography/Economics/Natural Disasters Study Guide

  1. Name the five themes of geography.

Location, Place, Movement, Region, and Human Environment Interaction

  1. A person’s beliefs, ideas, language, and religion are ___cultural______features.
  1. Mountains, caves, and bodies of water are all ___physical______features.
  1. What are people called who move from place to place?

immigrants

  1. What is it called when geographers group things together that have something in common?

regions

  1. What is the height of land above sea level?

elevation

  1. ____Environment______is the area that surrounds you.
  1. Lines that run side by side but do not intersect are called _____parallel______.
  1. What is half of the earth called?

Hemisphere

  1. What is relief?

Differences in height in a landscape, how flat or rugged the surface is

  1. To say that New Orleans lies on the Mississippi River is to give its ______Relative______location.
  1. A cartographer is someone who ______makes maps______.
  1. Name three types of map projections.

Mercator, Robinson, and Interrupted

  1. An address to your home is an example of ___address______location.
  1. Lines that run North to South on a map are called __longitude______.
  1. Lines that run East to West on a map are called ____latitude______.
  1. 0 Longitude is called ____prime meridian ______.
  1. 0 Latitude is called ____equator______.
  1. List the two types of Location.

Absolute and Relative

  1. How has man interacted with the environment?

Positive- recycling, planting trees, picking up trash . . .

Negative- littering, pollution, cutting down trees . . .

  1. What are the four different types of economic systems?

Market, Mixed, Command, and Traditional

  1. Which economic system is controlled by the government only?

Command

  1. Which economic system is controlled by the government and individual citizens?

Mixed

  1. Which economic system would be most like a dictatorship?

Command

  1. Which economic system has things passed from one generation to another and is largely untouched by technology?

Traditional

  1. Give an example of how supply and demand can affect the price.

If the supply of a product is high and the demand is low, then the price will be low.

  1. A railroad system would be a: human resource, capital resource, or natural resource?

Human resource

  1. What is opportunity cost? Give an example.

What you are willing to give up in order to get something in return.

Ex. Deciding whether to go to the movies or put gas in your car.

  1. Someone who buys, sells, or uses products is called a _____consumers______.
  1. The control of the supply of a good or service by one company or by a small group of people is called a _____monopoly______.
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