Geography Chapter 1 review

When a geographer sees how places are alike.

• Geographic pattern

• physical systems

• region

• map legend

Geographers examine Earth's physical processes, such as earthquakes and volcanoes

• Geographic pattern

• physical systems

• region

• map legend

a group of places with common characteristics (one of the themes of geography)

• Geographic pattern

• physical systems

• region

• map legend

Explains the meaning of symbols and colors used on a map

• Geographic pattern

• physical systems

• region

• map legend

A tool on a map showing directions (N,E,S,W)

• Geographic pattern

• compass rose

• region

• map legend

Type of map that shows details in a city, such as schools and parks

• large-scale map

• small-scale map

• medium-scale map

Type of map that covers a large area and shows fewer details than a medium-scale map

• large-scale map

• small-scale map

• medium-scale map

Type of map that covers larger area but shows fewer details than a large-scale map but more than a small-scale map

• large-scale map

• small-scale map

• medium-scale map

Ways of showing Earth's curved surface on a flat map

• map projections

• point symbol map

• political map

Type of map that shows the location of activities at different points

• map projections

• point symbol map

• political map