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List two types of location that geographers use as reference points. | 1) absolute 2) relative |
Name that is given to the study of interrelationships between people and their physical environment. | human-environment interaction |
Explain why geographers would be likely to study population density maps of two countries. | So they can determine which area has the greater need for services. |
What is the purpose of using a grid system? | To identify the precise location of any place on Earth. |
The Earth is divided into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres by what? | prime meridian and International Date Line |
The part of a map which explains its symbols, colors, and lines is called? | key |
Name for the kind of map that shows topography. | physical map |
Movement typically impacts what in a human system? | cultures |
What type of region is a city an example of? | functional region |
What is the exact location of a place on Earth's surface called? | absolute location |
Name for half of a sphere, or globe. | hemisphere |
Name for a consistent, proportional relationship between the measurements on the map and the Earth's surface. | scale |
Name of maps that illustrate the movement of people, goods, and ideas | flow-line maps |
Name for the location of one place in relation to another. | relative location |
It is an imaginary line that follows the curve of the Earth and represents the shortest distance between two points. | Great Circle Route |