Thinking Geographically
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Where Are We? Location, location, location Measure- ments The Result is... Hodge Podge A Hodge Podge B
Located at 0 degrees latitude. A 100
What is the equator? A 100
GMT is measured from the... A 200
What is the Prime Meridian or 0 degrees longitude? A 200
Lines of latitude converge at these places. A 300
What are the North and South Poles?
Low-lying coastal reefs off the coast of Florida. A 400
What are the Barrier Islands or Keys? A 400
A region from which a phenomenon originates. A 500
What is a hearth? A 500
The acquiring of information about the Earth’s surface from an orbiting satellite. B 100
What is remote sensing? B 100
A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data. B 200
What is GIS? B 200
Name given to a portion of the Earth’s surface. B 300
What is toponym? B 300
An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics. B 400
What is a region? B 400
A piece of land created by draining an area. B 500
What is a polder? B 500
The time and day in California if it is 1:00 AM on Sunday in Florida. C 100
What is 10 PM on Saturday? C 100
Of the following, it has the largest scale: world, continent, state, or city. C 200
What is city? C 200
The 1:24,000 is an example of this type of scale. C 300
What is a fractional scale? C 300
DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager
If the scale of a map is 1:36,000, then 1 inch on the map represents ___________ Feet on Earth’s surface. C 400
What is 3,000? C 400
Time changes by one hour at this increment of longitudinal degree. C 500
What is every 15 degrees? C 500
The idea that the distribution of one phenomenon is scientifically related to the location of other phenomenon. D 100
What is spatial association? D 100
The frequency of something within a given unit of area. D 200
What is density? D 200
The spread of something over a given study area. D 300
What is concentration? D 300
This occurs when a group of people migrated from Papua New Guinea to North America and adopt Western cultural habits. D 400
What is acculturation? D 400
This development has enhanced the global movement of money. D 500
What are electronic communications/technology? D 500
First person to use the word geography. E 100
Who was Eratosthenes? E 100
The science of making maps. E 200
What is cartography? E 200
Divided much of the U.S. into townships, ranges, and sections. E 300
What is the U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785? E 300
The type of diffusion illustrated with the swine flu. E 400
What is contagious diffusion? E 400
This word means to “care about” and “to take care”. E 500
What is culture? E 500
Concept that the human environment limits human actions. F 100
What is environmental determinism? F 100
G____________ of the economy has heightened economic differences among places. F 200
What is globalization? F 200
The spread of a new fashion first in large cities, and later to smaller towns is this type of diffusion. F 300
What is hierarchal diffusion? F 300
The area of Maryland in which are found high rates of cancer. F 400
What are the eastern rural areas? F 400
The International Date line is measured from here. F 500
What is 180 degrees longitude? F 500
The Final Jeopardy Category is: Environmental Impact Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin
The rechanneling of the Kissimmee River in Florida had several adverse environmental impacts. Name two of them. Click on screen to continue
What are 1) runoffs from cattle grazing 2) disruption of wildlife habitats 3) pollution of drinking water? (name 2 to get credit) NOT flooding Click on screen to continue
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