Geography Review

Political and Economic Systems 5 Themes Maps Political and Economic Systems Earth and Sun 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500

Helps explain how people, goods, and ideas get from one place What is movement? Helps explain how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another. Row 1, Col 1

Shows continents, countries, states, and provinces What are political maps? Shows continents, countries, states, and provinces 1,2

What is Capitalism? An economic system in which private individuals or private groups of people own most businesses 1,3

The path one body makes as it circles around another What is an orbit? The path one body makes as it circles around another 1,4

An example is cutting trails into the mountainside. What is Human-Environment Interaction? An example is cutting trails into the mountainside. 2,1

What is a key? Section of a map that explains the symbols and shading on a map; a legend 2,2

Organizations that set up and enforce laws What is government? Organizations that set up and enforce laws 2,3

What is a hemisphere? One half of Earth 2,4

and physical features at a What is Place? The human and physical features at a specific location. 3,1

North, South, East, and West What are cardinal directions? North, South, East, and West 3,2

What is an economy? A system for producing, distributing, consuming, and owning goods, services, and wealth 3,3

June 21st when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer What is the summer solstice? June 21st when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer 3,4

Both cardinal and intermediate directions are used to describe What is Location? Both cardinal and intermediate directions are used to describe this theme. 4,1

A method of mapping Earth What is a projection? A method of mapping Earth on a flat surface 4,2

What is Communism? An economic system in which the government owns all large businesses and most of the country’s land 4,3

An imaginary line running through Earth What is an axis? An imaginary line running through Earth between the North and South poles 4,4

Examples are a school district, What is a region? Examples are a school district, Maryland, and the South 5,1

A map that shows hills, plains What is a physical map? A map that shows hills, plains elevation, and relief. 5,2

A nation with few industries and simple technology What is a developing nation? A nation with few industries and simple technology 5,3

One revolution: 365 ¼ days:: one rotation: ___ What is 1 day/24 hours? One revolution: 365 ¼ days:: one rotation: ___ 5,4