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How many hours from San Francisco to hong kong

The flight between San Francisco to Hong Kong is 12 hours.

Technology has helped geography expand far beyond

making maps.

A region based on common properties such as population is called a

A region based on common properties such as population is called

a formal region!

Which phrases could you use to describe a place
  • In the summer, the sun shines at midnight.
  • Tears freeze on your face.
  • It is absolutely silent. In the winter, it is dark 24 hours a day.
  • The sky shimmers in fluorescent colors at night.
Physical geography is also known as

Earth science

Which could be a form of bias in a map

When south is depicted as being toward the top of the map

When road is labeled according to federal designation instead of by local names

When average incomes are given as a single number for an entire county

When cities are shown in green and countryside shown in yellow

When fishing industry is shown with an icon depicting a dead fish

When west is depicted as being toward the top of the map

When north is depicted as being toward the top of the map;

When crime rates are given as an average for a square mile of a city;

When area inside the city limits is depicted in green, while outside depicted in gray;

When golf courses are shown but soccer fields are not.

All maps include bias because no map can

Includes everything

What are the reasons why groups of people leave a particular place called

The reasons groups of people leave a particular place are called push factors. Push factors are usually due to a difficulty such as war, natural disasters, food shortages, or inability to find jobs.

What is the order of this list of events to show a typical story of migration and human environmental interaction

Tribal culture hunts buffalo on grasslands,

Mechanized culture uses plows to turn grasslands into farms,

Climate changes so farms so farms die,

Group migrates away from area

Why is Joseph Henry considered the Father of Weather Forecasting

he is considered the father of weather forecasting because he was the first person to forecast the weather

If location is a matter of place what is place a matter of

Location.

What are some reasons to consider San Francisco and Los Angeles as located in regions

climate

Arrange these events from the history of cartography in the order in which they occurred.

Piri Reis's map,

Mercator projection,

Captain Cook maps Newfoundland,

Robinson projection

By definition all maps are because they include all information about the world they represent.

biased;cannot

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