geography

TRUE or FALSE The unwise use of resources can threaten the survival of communities now and in the future. - ANS true Renewable resources include: - ANS water soil fish in the ocean TRUE or FALSE You as an individual are responsible for how you use the resources around you. - ANS true Minerals are (non-renewable/renewable) resources. - ANS non-renewable TRUE or FALSE Once renewable resources have been used up, they are finished forever. - ANS true Food is a non-renewable/renewable) reso...

Costa Rica Many consider Costa Rica a very special place. Its residents, Ticos, are polite, peaceful, and extremely friendly. Costa Rica has no army and prides itself on having more teachers than polive officers. Costa Rica is a county of sun-drenched beaches in the Pacific, tropical jungles along the carribian coast , cosmopolitan cities such as San José, and high mountains on the Central Valley. Costa Rica is a tourist paradise as well as home to many expatriates. - ANS Many consider Cost...

What is Africa's most prominent feature? - ANS A plateau. Why are Africa's rivers difficult to navigate? - ANS It has many waterfalls, rapids, and gorges. How might this effect the economy? - ANS It's difficult to trade because you can't transport goods. Where are the most distinctive landforms found, and what are they? - ANS East Africa/ Rift Valleys. What is the Great Escarpment? - ANS A steep slope marking the edge of the continents plateau in Southern Africa. What important mineral...

Geography - ANS a study of where people, places, and things are located and how they are related to each other. GIS-Geographic information systems. - ANS Uses computer technology, to collect, manipulate and analyze data. Absolute location - ANS where a place is on the globe (coordinates) Hemispheres - ANS halves of earth Relative location - ANS where a place is compared to other places nearby Character of a place - ANS comprised of a place's physical and human characteristics Perception...

geography - ANS the study of where people, places and things are located and how they relate to each other GPS - ANS global positioning system--network of 24 satellites orbiting the earth--provide info about location GIS - ANS geographic information systems--uses computer technology to collect, manipulate, analyze and display data about the earths surface in order to solve geographic problems Geography's Five Themes - ANS location, place, region, movement and human-environment interaction...

Geographers should learn to view the world from different __________ to organize and categorize it. - ANS Perspectives Geographers use two key questions every day. When using these two key questions to study the migration of birds, a geographer would ask "where are the birds going?" and "__________?" - ANS Why are they going there? Which of the following is NOT an example of a study within human geography? - ANS Landforms and natural environments A meteorologist___________. - ANS Anal...

geography - ANS the study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth absolute location - ANS the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found relative location - ANS a place in comparison to the other places around it hemisphere - ANS one half of the earth equator - ANS the imaginary line that divides the earth into north and south; zero degrees latitude prime meridian/greenwich meridian - ANS the imaginary line that divides the earth into e...

The Five Themes of Geography - ANS 1) Location 2) Place 3) Human - Environment Interaction 4) Movement 5) Region Location - ANS Every place on Earth has a location. Location is defined in terms of ABSOLUTE and RELATIVE location. The theme of location is concerned with the question: "Where is it?" A) Absolute Location B) Relative Location TYPES of Location - ANS A) Absolute Location — The exact spot on Earth where something is found. Example: Niambey, the capital of Niger, is located...

People's activities__________the physical environment and the physical environment__________people. - ANS may affect may affect Which are physical processes? - ANS erosion physical weathering tornadoes volcanic eruptions Put an H next to the items that describe Human Systems. Put a P next to the items that describe Physical Systems. - ANS the Suez Canal - H the San Andreas Fault - P the Great Mississippi Flood - P the George Washington Bridge - H atlas - collection of maps GIS - be...

archipelago - ANS a group or chain of islands canal - ANS long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation canyon - ANS deep and narrow valley with steep walls cape - ANS a strip of land projecting into a body of water reservoir - ANS lake used to store water for community use plateau - ANS an area of high, flat land delta - ANS flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth reef - ANS a submerged ridge of rock or coral nea...