Location
What is the definition of location?
Where a place is located or where it can be found on a map.
What is the definition of place?
The physical and human characteristics of a location.
Define region
Ways to organize the world into locations that share common characteristics.
Define movement
How people, goods, and ideas are moved around the world
Define Human Environment Interaction
How has human action impacted the environment?
What is the difference between relative and absolute location?
Relative Location- Where a place is located in relation to another place.
Absolute Location- The precise point where a place is located on Earth.
What is an example of a physical characteristic?
Climate, Terrain, Vegetation.
What time zone is Oklahoma in?
Central
When discussing world cultures America is considered what?
A melting pot
What 3 things to people do to the environment?
Depend, adapt, and modify
What direction does latitude go?
East to west
Is the Grand Canyon a human or physical characteristic?
Physical
What is a vernacular region?
No formal boundary but commonly understood.
Reservations
What example did I use when discussing how people adapt to different climates?
Green Bay Packers and Buccaneers playing football
The McDonald's is located 11 miles from Main St. is an example of what?
Relative location
What is a coordinate?
Where latitude and longitude meet
A single place and the surrounding regions tied to it.
When people migrate from one place to another they are called what?
Immigrants
What are two major influences on human development?
Hereditary and environment
The middle line of latitude is called what?
The Equator
How was the Hoover Dam built?
Diverting the water.
What vernacular region is North Dakota in?
The Midwest
What is one example of an ideology that can be moved?
Religion, Politics, Societal norms etc.
Is environment nature or nurture?
Nurture