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Geography JeopardyGeographer’s
Tools 1Five Themes 1 Geographer’s
Tools 2Five Themes 2 Geographer’s
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Name the four cardinal directions.
Who was the Mercator projection created for?
What type of material did the Inuit people use to
make their maps?
What does the Mercator projection
show?What is wrong with the Mercator projection?
What is so great about Robinson’s projection?
The way in which people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another.
A place’s exact position on Earth; a geographic
address.
Give an example of movement.
What two lines do geographers use to identify
absolute location?
Name 3 ways to describe place.
Define scale.
Method of putting a map of the Earth onto a flat
piece of paper.
Name one advantage of a globe.
Name 2 advantages of flat maps.
Name one advantage of an interrupted projection.
Name one disadvantage of an interrupted projection.
The study of the Earth.
Name the Five Themes of Geography.
An area with a unifying characteristic, such as
climate, land, population, or history.
Unit of measure used to determine absolute
location.
What two questions are geographers guided by?
This is used to tell directions.
What is considered the world’s best map?
What is used to explain symbols?
Change in accuracy of shapes and distances.
Name two problems with globes.