Wgu c255 pa - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What are the five themes of geography? Location,Place,Human/environmental interaction,Regions,Movement Which of the following is the science of mapmaking? Cartography What does longitude measure? The angles east and west of the prime meridian What is population density? Number of people per unit area A country has 100 square miles of land and a population of 1 million people. What is the population density per square mile of the country? 10,000 people What...

WGU C255 Intro to Geography 1. The five terms of Geography: Location, Place, Human/environmental interac- tion, Regions, Movement 2. tropical: A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure 3. Longitude: the distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian 4. Latitude: distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees 5. Meridian: An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles. 6. Which of the following is the science of mapmaking?: Cartography ...