Intro. to Geography - Module 1

Why is geography sometimes called a social science?

• because it involves measuring things

• because it deals with weather patterns

• because it deals with people and how they live

• because it involves field work and gathering information

An area’s ____________ includes land, water, climate, plants, and animals.

• Environment

• Culture

• Biome

• Ecosystem

Which of the following is an example of a physical region?

• the Sahara

• San Francisco

• Scandinavia

• North America

Which of the following are studied as a part of physical geography?

Choose the three correct answers.

• artifacts

• climate

• plants

• soil

• roads

Which of the following are studied as a part of human geography?

Choose the three correct answers.

• agriculture

• economics

• landforms

• migration

• water

Which of the following is studied by hydrologists?

• how rivers form

• how plants grow

• what causes weather

• what causes droughts

Which theme of geography - why and how people relocate....

• A. Place

• Regions

• Location

• Movement

Which theme of geography -a description of where a place is....

• Place

• Regions

• Location

• Movement

Which theme of geography - how people relate to their surroundings...

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Location

• Regions

Which theme of geography - dividing the world into smaller segments to make it easier to study...

• Regions

• Place

• Location

• Movement