Cards in this guide (13)
Geography is a huge and varied field but all of it is related to
Geography is a huge and varied field but all of it is related to
describing the world and what it is made of.
Which are included in the five subfields of geography
Human geography
Physical geography
A geographer who helps a community solve problems with water contamination could very likely be a
Studies about logging in forests would almost certainly touch on
human-environmental interactions
Geography can be understood in terms of five different
A historian who studies how and why people migrated from Asia to the Americas is most likely interested in
Physical geography also known as focuses on the physical features of the Earth
What is a question normally asked by mapmakers before they design a new map
How large are each of the map elements?
From the standpoint of geography and demography a consists of people who live in a particular area
all of the people; population
From the standpoint of geography a is an internal rendering of an individuals known world
Match the theme of geography in column 1 with the characteristic of global citizenship in column 2 A Human-environmental interaction Understand how global trade affects a regional economy B Movem
The correct answers are:
Human-environmental interaction: Understand how people have
affected the landscape;
Movement: Understand how global trade affects a regional
economy;
Place: Appreciate how people feel about their homelands;
Location: Estimate how long it might take to fly to another
city.
The five themes of geography focus on mapmaking as an what while the subfields focus on mapmaking as a what
The five themes of geography focus on mapmaking as an what while
the subfields focus on mapmaking as a tool that can be applied to
all themes; special field and set of skills.
The prefix geo means
The prefix 'ge' is a Greek root word, in English 'geo' meaning
Earth, as in Geography, Geology or Geometry
