Maps & Regions
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| show | A system of direct observation using computer tools for processing and organizing satellite images with other information
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| Latitude | show 🗑
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| Longitude | show 🗑
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| Absolute Location | show 🗑
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| show | Location in relation to other places
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| show | A compass rose that indicates directions of north, south, east, west and variations of such as NE, SW, NW, SE; the N/S [latitude] must always come before the E/W [longitude] in a directional
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| Scale | show 🗑
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| Scale Bar | show 🗑
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| Cartographer | show 🗑
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| Globe | show 🗑
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| Map Projection | show 🗑
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| Mercator Projection | show 🗑
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| Robinson Projection | show 🗑
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| show | Accurately shows the Earth centered in such a way that a straight line coming from the center to any point is the shortest distance, used for maps of the Poles
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| Physical Map | show 🗑
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| show | Shows a single idea or kind of information, such as imports, exports, natural resources like coal or minerals, or movement of people or animals shown by arrows [flow-line map]
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| show | Shows man-made boundaries of countries, states, cities, towns, state capitols, roads, railroads made by man
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| Perceptual Region | show 🗑
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| Functional Region | show 🗑
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| Formal Region | show 🗑
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| Hemispheres divided by the Equator | show 🗑
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| Hemispheres divided by the Prime Meridian and International Date Line in Greenwich, England | show 🗑
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| 30% of Earth's surface | show 🗑
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| Shore of Dead Sea | show 🗑
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| Mount Everest | show 🗑
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| show | Can be replaced naturally or grown, such as crops, wind, sun, animals
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| Non-Renewable Resources | show 🗑
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| show | Approximate number of people who live on Earth
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| Amount of Earth's surface that is habitable for humans to live | show 🗑
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| show | Based on physical features [climate, vegetation, and land masses, such as a taiga which is a vast subarctic forest covering most of Russia]
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| show | Based on social groups, language, religion, economic systems, such as Latin America
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| Human-Environment Interaction | show 🗑
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