Location
What does location describe?
Where something is on earth
What does HEI describe?
How people relate to the place they live
What does movement describe?
How people, goods, and ideas travel around the world
What does Place describe?
What a location is like
What is a Region?
An area that has common features that make it different from surrounding areas.
What are the two types of Location?
Absolute and Relative
What are the 3 ways humans interact with the environment?
Adapt, Change, and Depend
What the two factors that determine human movement?
Push and Pull factors
What are the 2 types of characteristics used to describe a place?
Physical and Human Characteristics
What are the 3 basic types of regions?
Formal, Functional, and Perceived
What do Latitude and Longitude and a street address have in common?
The are both used for Absolute Location
Cutting down trees and building roads is an example of what interaction?
Change
Violence in a city is what kind of factor?
Push Factor
Islam, Spanish language, Democracy, and Gang signs are all examples of what type of characteristic?
Human Characterisitcs
Regions can be based on 4 characteristics.
Name two.
Physical, Political, Economic, or Cultural
Is this description Absolute or Relative Location?
"On 35th St across from the Green line"
Relative Location
Ms. Ivy giving out space heaters because the heater wasn't working is an example of what interaction?
Adapt
High paying jobs in an area is what kind of factor?
Pull Factor
Deer, pine trees, Lake Michigan, and cold weather are all examples of what type of characteristic?
Physical characteristics
One type of region is a Continent.
Name the 7 continents of the world.
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America
What is the Latitude of the Equator?
0 degrees
We watched The Lorax in class to see the negative effects of changing the environment.
Who wrote The Lorax?
Dr. Seuss
We read an article in class about how technology has changed international trade over the last 100 years.
What are 5 technologies that has made business between countries easier?
Cars, trucks, tractors, airplanes, trains, steam-powered ships, shipping containers, internet, credit cards, bar code scanners, calculators, video chat, email, translation services, GPS.
Buildings, roads, and cars are what kind of Characteristic?
Human characteristics
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin are all part of the Midwest region.
Name 3 common features do these states share.
Climate/weather, Agriculture, Great Lakes, Flat land, Language, Religion, etc.