Geography as a discipline bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Coined the word geography.

   Item

   Eratosthenes

2. Clue

   True shape of the earth.

   Item

   Geoid

3. Clue

   Turns the geoid into a flat map.

   Item

   Projection

4. Clue

   Father of the systematic approach.

   Item

   Humboldt

5. Clue

   Founder of the regional approach.

   Item

   Ritter

6. Clue

   Defined geography as areal differentiation.

   Item

   Hartshorne

7. Clue

   Process of soil formation.

   Item

   Pedogenesis

8. Clue

   Computer tool for spatial data.

   Item

   GIS

9. Clue

   Plants, animals and ecology in space.

   Item

   Biogeography

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation