Geography
What is geography?
Geography is the study of Earth's surface sura\face, climate, landforms, and bodies of water
What are natural resources? Give a definition.
Things that are formed in nature that people can use.
What is culture? Provide a definition
culture is a way of life shared by member of a group.
How are many communities around the world connected?
Many communities around the world depend on each other. They buy and sell their natural resources and manufactured products to get the things they want and need.
What is a community?
a group of people who live and work together in one place
What are landforms? Give examples
Natural features on Earth's surface such as mountains, hills, plains, coasts.
What is one detail that supports the idea that natural resources create jobs in communities?
Forests in North Carolina provide jobs for workers in lumber and furniture companies.
How are the cultures of Bangkok and Lisse different?
Bangkok is a busy, urban city that still has historic temples. Farming is important in Lisse, and their focus is on growing tulips.
Why do people plan or start a community?
They think it will be better than the one they currently live in.
What factors shape and make communities different?
geography, natural resources, history, transportation, and culture are all factors that shape a community.
answer should include HOW they make them different
How does the climate affect the population of cities?
Many people prefer to live in warmer places instead of cold places, so many cities in warm places are growing fast.
They have fertile land that allows them to grow potatoes. They rely on producing and selling potatoes for their community to grow.
Why do you think people leave their home country and move to a new country?
hey are looking for jobs or a better way of life, or they like the culture in the new country.
How can a community improve themselves?
They can come up with ways to help residents get healthier, restore houses for homes and businesses, grow community gardens, playgrounds, have special vans for deliveries, health services, repairs, etc.
What is one example of how transportation can change a community?
Atlanta grew because it was a railroad hub; when boats could no longer reach the town, Rodney, Mississippi, became a ghost town.
Provide an example of how geography shaped a community in the United States.
Hawaii's many islands attracts visitors every year. Many stay in the big hotels next to Honolulu's beaches.
Denver is one mile above sea level. In the early days, gold was discovered in those mountains. People rushed to that area and the community grew.
Ames is in the middle of Iowa on the plains- a large, flat area of land. It is rich in soil and good for farming. A farming and veterinary school, and other farming services opened there.
New Orleans, Louisiana, developed as an important trading port at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Explain how geography and natural resources helped to shape this community
New Orleans developed near water, which is a part of its geography as well as a natural resource. Settlers were able to get the water they needed for drinking, cooking, and growing crops because of its location. Its location also allowed the city an easy way to transport people and goods around the world. Many jobs were created as the city became an important shipping and trading center
A large number of people from India recently moved to a community in New Jersey. How will these newcomers help to change this community?
The newcomers bring their traditions, celebrations, and ways of life with them to the community. These parts of their culture help to shape the community.
Why were the communities of New Harmony, Biosphere 2, and EPCOT started?
They were started as social or scientific experiments
Does a community have to be around for centuries for us to learn from its history?
No, we can learn from a community’s history no matter how old it is.