HEI
What does HEI stand for?
Human environment interaction
What creates a physical region?
Natural features in an area create physical region.
Indigenous Latin Americas have their own what?
They have their own religious beliefs.
What is a push factor?
Factors that force movement from the native country
Why are rain forests shrinking?
Logging and clearing of the land for farming
What is an example of how we modify our environment?
EX: Driving and polluting or building a house
What creates a cultural region?
Cultural regions are created by tradition of the people that live there.
What is religion practice?
Religion practices include offerings, sacrifices, purification, pilgrimages, dancing, and fasting.
What is a pull factor?
Desirable factors that encourage movement to a new country
What is the tropical climate good for in Latin America?
They are good for growing sugar, coffee, cocoa, bananas, and other fruit
What is a way we can adapt to our environment?
EX: Wearing a coat when it's cold
What is a political region?
Political lines drawn by people
Who brought Christianity to Latin America?
Europeans
What is emigration?
When a person leaves their native country
What is a natural resource held in rain forests?
EX: exotic woods, fibers, oils, gums, resins, medicines
What is needing trees for paper an example of?
It is an example of how we depend on the environment.
What is an example of a political region?
EX: South Dakota border, country border, county border
What is Polytheism?
Belief in more than one God
What is immigration?
When a person comes into a new country
Along with oil and natural gas, what else is plentiful in Latin America?
Latin America has plentiful metals and gemstones
What does HEI refer to?
How humans depend on, modify, and adapt to their environment.
What is an example of cultural region?
EX: Latin America
What did the Aztecs believe?
The sun needed the blood of humans to rise.
How do ideas move?
EX: books, songs, poems, social media
What resources are valuable for tourism?
water resources