Geography Chapter 1 Flashcards

The study of Earth's natural features.

The pattern of weather conditions in a certain location over a long period of time.

A naturally formed feature on Earth's land surface, such as an island, a mountain, or a plateau.

<p>The condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Plant life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The skills and methods used in the making of maps.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A way of representing Earth's curved surface on a flat map while keeping distortion consistent and manageable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The measure of distance north or south of the equator.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The measure of the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Maps that show the landforms and bodies of water found in particular areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Maps that show features on Earth's surface that humans created.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The recovery and study of physical evidence from the past.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A human-made object.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of digging up historically significant objects for the purpose of studying them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The study of humans and their culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The way of life shared by a group of people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By studying artifacts as well as the religious beliefs and values of cultures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A person who studies and interprets the past.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A document or artifact created during a particular historical period.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Work produced about a historical event by someone who was not actually there.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An unwritten verbal account of events, such as a story passed down from generation to generation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They use these to find answers and questions they have been wondering about.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An imaginary line that splits the Earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Someone who studies humans and human cultures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A person who studies physical evidence from the past.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Farming and herding, crafts and technology, trade, towns, writing systems, and government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mountains, islands, plateaus, etc.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The exact intersection of latitude and longitude lines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physical and political information, using different colors to explain different things.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Historians might put trade routes or any other routes on top of a modern map to see the differences or changes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cancuen is a Mayan city with no temples.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Historians will have to rethink their hypothesis based on new information or evidence.</p> Signup and view all the answers