(KEY)Geography Basics Study Guide
(KEY)Geography Basics Study Guide
Name: ______
Period: ______
Answer the following questions on this worksheet. Write neatly! Due Monday, August 27.
1. Name the five elements of geography.
___Location______, ______Place______, ______Human/Environment Interaction_____, __Movement______, ______Region______.
2. Describe your elementary school using the five themes of geography.
3. Lines of ______Longitude______run North to South, while lines of ____Latitude______run East to West.
4. On the globe below, color the Prime Meridian blue. Color the Equator red.
5. Lines of latitude are known as ____parallels______, while lines of longitude are known as __meridians______.
6. The Earth is divided into hemispheres by the Prime Meridian and the Equator. The Equator divides the Earth into ______Northern______and ___Southern______hemispheres. The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into ______Eastern______and ______Western______hemispheres.
7. Lines of latitude and longitude form a _____grid______system, which allows us to pinpoint the absolute location of any place on Earth.
What is absolute location?The precise spot where one line of latitude crosses one line of longitude; it can also be an address. It is an exact location.
8. The most accurate way to depict the Earth is by using a ____globe______. However, ___maps______or flat drawings can show small areas in great detail.
9. Identify the various types of projections below:
Goode’s Interrupted Equal-Area Projection Mercator RobinsonWinkelTripel
10. Which type of projection is most accurate?WinkelTripel
11. What is the difference between a general-purpose map and a special-purpose map?
General purpose maps show a wide range of general information, while special purpose maps show specific types of information such as population, climate, etc.
12. Define physical maps and political maps.
Physical Maps:
Show landforms and water features.
Political Maps:
Show the names and boundaries of countries, locations of cities and other human-made features of a place, and often identify major physical features.
13. Why is a contour mapconsidered a physical map? What does this type of map show?
Because it shows aspects of physical landforms-elevation.
14. Define the following terms. For each term, create a symbol that you could easily relate to the definition. For example, for mountain you might draw
Or, you may draw two in the same picture. For example, you could draw both a valley and a mountain like this:
Terms:
Mountain: Land with steep sides that rises sharply from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill.
River: Large natural stream of water that runs through the land.
Plateau: Area of level land, usually at a low elevation and often covered with grasses.
Desert: arid land with sparse vegetation; land that receives less than 10 in./year.
Jungle: an impenetrable thicket or tangled mass of tropical vegetation
Peninsula: body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water.
Island: land, area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water.
Volcano: mountain created as liquid rock or ash erupts from inside the earth.
Isthmus: narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas.
Canyon: deep and narrow valley with steep walls.
Valley: area of low land between hills or mountains.