FIVE THEMES
What two lines are used to identify absolute location on a global map?
Latitude and longitude.
This projection is useful for navigation because it preserves shapes and directions but distorts size near the poles.
Mercator
Name the two Northern culture areas.
Arctic and Subarctic.
Which Western region had abundant salmon and shellfish and permanent communities?
Northwest Coast.
What are the Three Sisters?
Corn, beans, and squash.
“This city is 20 km west of the capital.” What type of location is this?
Relative location; it describes a place in relation to another place.
Which projection is designed to show land areas accurately, even though shapes are distorted?
Gall-Peters
Igloos; compressed snow.
Why did Great Basin groups move often?
Food was scarce, so small groups moved to find available plants and small animals.
What is one major difference between a wigwam and a longhouse?
A wigwam was smaller and usually housed one family; a longhouse was larger and housed several related families.
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Why is Robinson considered a compromise projection?
It balances distortions of size, shape, distance, and direction rather than making one perfect.
Give one major environmental difference between the Arctic and Subarctic.
The Arctic is especially cold and mostly treeless, while the Subarctic has forests and different seasonal resources.
How did Southwest peoples make farming possible in an arid or semiarid environment?
They used irrigation channels to bring water to their fields.
How did the Three Sisters work together?
Corn provided food and support, beans added nutrients, and squash covered the ground and helped protect the crops.
Name the 5 themes of Geography
Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Region
Which projection is centered on a point and preserves distance and direction from that center?
Azimuthal.
Why were kayaks and larger boats important to Arctic communities?
They helped people hunt and travel on the water for animals such as seals, walruses, and whales.
What is a potlatch, and what could it demonstrate?
A gift-giving feast hosted by a high-ranking family; it could demonstrate social standing, wealth, power, and rights/status.
How did the Iroquois Confederacy help different nations work together?
It encouraged cooperation and collective decision-making while allowing the nations to share power.
What is a map projection?
A map projection is a method used to flatten the Earth's 3D curved surface onto a 2D flat piece of paper or screen.
Which interrupted projection preserves land size and shape well but is poor for ocean routes and navigation?
Goode’s Homolosine.
Explain how the environment influenced three parts of life in a Northern culture.
Answers should connect the climate/resources to food, housing, transportation, or movement.
Compare the Great Basin and Southwest. How did their environments lead to different adaptations?
Great Basin food scarcity encouraged mobility, while Southwest irrigation and farming supported more settled communities with adobe and pueblo homes.
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