Latitude Longitude Earth/Sun Climate/ Weather Weathering/ Erosion Human Geography Human Geography Jeopardy

Lat/Long Back What are latitude lines? Lines that measure North to South but run East to West.

Lat/Long Back What are the two fixed points of reference for Longitude? The International Dateline and the Prime Meridian

Lat/Long Back What is the Tropic of Capricorn? 23.5 Degrees South latitude

Lat/Long Back How far can you measure East or West of the Prime Meridian? 180 degrees.

Lat/Long Back What is spatial perspective? This is the perspective geographers use when studying the relationships between people and their environment.

Back Earth/Sun What is rotates? This is what the earth does on it's axis

Back Earth/Sun What is revolution? This is one elliptical orbit of the earth around the sun.

Back Earth/Sun What are solstices? These are the two times a year that the poles are pointed at their furthest angle toward or away from the sun

Back Earth/Sun What is the Tropic of Cancer? The sun's direct rays strike the earth here during the Northern Hemisphere summer.

Back Earth/Sun What are Tropic of Capricorn, Antarctic Circle, South Pole? These are the three fixed points of reference for latitude in the Southern Hemisphere.

Back Climate/Weather What is the rain shadow or leeward side? This is the arid side of a mountain caused by the orographic effect.

Back Climate/Weather What is tropical? This is the climate with the most diverse ecosystems.

Back Climate/Weather What is weather? This is the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place.

Back Climate/Weather What is the orographic effect? Mountains influence climate through this.

Back Climate/Weather What is winter? This is the season in which Mediterranean climates receive the most precipitation.

Back Weathering/Erosion What are tectonic forces, erosion, and weathering? These are the processes that create and shape landforms

Back Weathering/Erosion What are glaciers? These are formed when winter snows do not melt the following summer.

Back Weathering/Erosion What are headwaters? A watershed begins here.

Back Weathering/Erosion What is hydrologic cycle? This is the movement of water through the hydrosphere.

Back Weathering/Erosion What are humus, subsoil, weathered rock, parent rock? These are the layers of the soil horizon.

Back Human Geography What is monotheism? This is the belief in one god.

Back Human Geography What is dialect? This means, regional variety of a language.

Back Human Geography What is culture? This is all the features of a peoples way of life.

Back Human Geography What is the increase in connections between cultures around the world? Globalization.

Back Human Geography What is the spread of ideas from places of greater size and influence to smaller places? Hierarchical Diffusion

Back Human Geography What is the number of babies born per 1,000 population? Birth rate

Back Human Geography Who are refugees? These are people who are forced out of their country and cannot return.

Back Human Geography What is the statistical study of human populations? Demography.

Back Human Geography What is a movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principals and teachings? Fundamentalism.

Back Human Geography What is acculturation? When an individual adopts some of the traits of another culture.