Location
This type of location gives the exact coordinates of a place using latitude and longitude.
What is absolute location?
These are natural features like rivers, mountains, and forests.
What are physical features?
Movement of people from one country to another is called this.
What is migration?
People changing the environment by building roads or growing food is called this.
What is modifying the environment?
Southern California and Northern California are examples of different types of these.
What are regions?
This is an imaginary line circling the middle of Earth, located at 0 latitude, which divides the planet into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
Buildings, roads, and jobs are examples of these features.
What are human features?
A war or lack of jobs that causes people to leave an area is called this.
What is a push factor?
Hurricanes and floods are examples of this type of environmental event.
What are natural events or natural disasters?
A region is an area that has this in common.
What are shared characteristics?
Relative location describes a place based on its relationship to these.
What is a landmark?
Florida’s beaches, warm weather, and Everglades are examples of this kind of feature.
What are physical features?
Moving into a new country permanently is called this.
What is immigration?
When people adjust to environmental challenges, geographers call this.
To adapt
A region that is based on official boundaries, like a state or country, is called this.
What is a formal region?
The United States Capitol Building is located at 38° N and 77° W. This is an example of what type of location.
What is absolute location?
Why do geographers say a place has its own “personality”?
Because each place has unique physical and human characteristics.
The movement of goods like food, clothes, and toys between places is called this.
What is trade or exchange?
Building a dam can help stop flooding, but it can also negatively affect these.
What are rivers, animals, and people who depend on the river?
Columbus, OH and its surrounding suburbs are an example of this type of region.
What is a functional region?
Why is relative location important in geography?
It helps explain how places are connected by distance, culture, landmarks, transportation, or technology.
How can technology change a place over time?
Technology can change how people travel, communicate, build, and live, affecting how a place looks and feels.
Explain the difference between emigration and immigration.
Emigration means leaving a country, while immigration means moving into a new country.
Name two problems geographers study when looking at human-environment interaction.
Possible answers: pollution, deforestation, climate change, overuse of resources.
The Midwest is considered this type of region because people may disagree about its exact boundaries.
What is a perceptual region?