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Road Trip Trivia
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What do you know about basic geography?
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What is the science of studying the earth as the home of humans? Geography
What term describes where a place is compared with other places? Relative location
What term describes a precise position on Earth’s surface; often stated in latitude and longitude? Absolute location
An axis is an imaginary straight line around which an object rotates
The imaginary line that goes around the globe exactly halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole is known as the
equator and is located at 0 degrees latitude.
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Parallels are imaginary lines that run east to west, side-by-side with the equator and measure latitude.
A measure of the distance north or south of the equator which is expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds is known as
latitude.
8. Imaginary lines that run north and south from one pole to the other and measure longitude are called meridians.
9. The Prime Meridian is an imaginary line running from the North Pole through England and part of Africa through the South
Pole.
10. What term describes a measure of the distance east or west of the prime meridian; expressed in degrees, minutes, and
seconds? longitude
11. Rain, snow, hail and sleet are types of precipitation.
12. Climate describes the type of weather a region experiences over a long period of time.
13. What term is described as a low-lying land area where water lies close to the surface creating sloughs, swamps, bogs, ponds,
and freshwater marshes? Also known as a lowland that is influenced by tidal water flows? wetland
14. How are cultural and physical geography different? Cultural geography refers to the way of life of a group of people and
where their culture is found. Physical geography refers to the different regions, climate, landforms, and elevation of a place.
15. Cultural geography is a category of human geography (studies the world, its people, communities and cultures.)
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Georgia is located in the northern hemisphere, because of its location north of the equator.
Georgia is located in the western hemisphere, because of its location west of the prime meridian.
On what continent is Georgia located? North America
What is Georgia’s relative location within the U.S.? Georgia is located in the Southeast region of the U.S. North of Florida, east
of Alabama and south of Tennessee.
20. Name the five states that border Georgia.
 Alabama
 Florida
 South Carolina
 North Carolina
 Tennessee
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An area of the Earth’s surface that is defined by certain unifying characteristics is called a region.
What characteristics define a region? Landforms, climate and natural resources
Georgia has five physiographic (geographical/physical) regions.
What are the three regions that when combined make up a land area smaller than the Piedmont region? Appalachian Plateau,
Ridge and Valley and Blue Ridge