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Thinking Geographically

Thinking Geographically. THIS. IS. Jeopardy. Your. With. Host. Da Master Cox. Think Geography. Location, location, location. Measure-ments. The Result is. Where Are We?. Hodge Podge A. Hodge Podge B. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300.

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Thinking Geographically

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  1. Thinking Geographically

  2. THIS IS Jeopardy

  3. Your With Host... Da Master Cox

  4. Think Geography Location, location, location Measure-ments The Result is. . . Where Are We? Hodge Podge A Hodge Podge B 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

  5. Located at 0 degrees latitude. A 100

  6. What is the equator? A 100

  7. GMT is measured from the . . . A 200

  8. What is the Prime Meridian or 0 degrees longitude? A 200

  9. Lines of latitude converge at these places. A 300

  10. What are the North and South Poles? A 300

  11. Low-lying coastal reefs off the coast of Florida. A 400

  12. What are the Barrier Islands or Keys? A 400

  13. A region from which a phenomenon originates. A 500

  14. What is a hearth? A 500

  15. The acquiring of information about the Earth’s surface from an orbiting satellite. B 100

  16. What is remote sensing? B 100

  17. A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data. B 200

  18. What is GIS? B 200

  19. Name given to a portion of the Earth’s surface. B 300

  20. What is toponym? B 300

  21. An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics. B 400

  22. What is a region? B 400

  23. A piece of land created by draining an area. B 500

  24. What is a polder? B 500

  25. The time and day in California if it is 1:00 AM on Sunday in Florida. C 100

  26. What is 10 PM on Saturday? C 100

  27. Of the following, it has the largest scale: world, continent, state, or city. C 200

  28. What is city? C 200

  29. The 1:24,000 is an example of this type of scale. C 300

  30. What is a fractional scale? C 300

  31. DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

  32. If the scale of a map is 1:36,000, then 1 inch on the map represents ___________ Feet on Earth’s surface. C 400

  33. What is 3,000? C 400

  34. Time changes by one hour at this increment of longitudinal degree. C 500

  35. What is every 15 degrees? C 500

  36. The idea that the distribution of one phenomenon is scientifically related to the location of other phenomenon. D 100

  37. What is spatial association? D 100

  38. The frequency of something within a given unit of area. D 200

  39. What is density? D 200

  40. The spread of something over a given study area. D 300

  41. What is concentration? D 300

  42. This occurs when a group of people migrated from Papua New Guinea to North America and adopt Western cultural habits. D 400

  43. What is acculturation? D 400

  44. This development has enhanced the global movement of money. D 500

  45. What are electronic communications/technology? D 500

  46. First person to use the word geography. E 100

  47. Who was Eratosthenes? E 100

  48. The science of making maps. E 200

  49. What is cartography? E 200

  50. Divided much of the U.S. into townships, ranges, and sections. E 300

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