8th grade- tangipahoa parish school system（8年级——tangipahoa教区学校系统）（43页）.docVIP

8th Grade Name ________________________ LEAP Quiz Bowl Study Guide Geography: 1. Define Geography: The study of the Earth 2. Define the five themes of geography A. Location- Where something is on Earth B. Place- the location of something Regions-areas on Earth with features that make them different from other areas Movement- how ideas and products get from place to place…. Television, radio, computers, telephones, and transportation Human-Environment Interactions-how humans affect the environment Such as litter, air pollution and how the environment affects humans Such as climate, hurricanes, tornadoes 3. Name the 5 regions of the United States: Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Mid-west, and West Physical Features: natural resources or landforms found in a place: mountains, rivers, forest 5. Human Features: features built by humans, such as Buildings, roads, farms, bridges 6. Define Culture: people ways of life 7. Define Heritage: a culture that comes from the past and continues today 8. Give an example of a Primary Source: records made by people who took part Or saw an event: diaries, photographs, artifacts Give an example of a Secondary Source: a record of an event by someone Was not at an event at the time it happened *****Map Skills***** Absolute Location: the exact location on Earth….the use of longitude and latitude lines 2. Relative Location: the location of something in relation to some other place 3. Map Scale: compares the distance on a map to the distance of the real world 4. Inset Map: a smaller map inside a larger map Locator: a picture of a globe which shows where the main map is located within the state, country, or continent 6. Map Key: explains what the symbols are the map stand for Grid System: pattern of squares formed by the lines of latitude and longitude 8. Lines of Latitude: the east and west line