Maps and Location
Place/Region
Human-Environment Interaction and Movement
Latitude/Longitude
Random
100
What type of location is 38 degrees S, 83 degrees E latitude is an example of?
Absolute location
100
What are the two different categories of characteristics that make up "place"?
human characteristics and physical characterstics
100
What are three ways humans interact with the environment?
The use it
They modify (change) it
They adapt to it (make changes to themselves so they can better survive in that environment)
100
What invisible line is at 0 degrees latitude?
Equator
100
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Location, Place, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement
200
Vietnam is ______ of Laos.
This is an example of what kind of location?
East
Relative Location
200
1. All of the following are examples of Physical characteristics EXCEPT
1.) Mountains
2.) Rivers
3.) Landmarks
4.) Climate
Landmarks (they are part of human characteristics because they are made by people and part of a people's culture)
200
Give an example of how humans might USE their environment.
Use trees for lumber, paper, etc.
Use land for agriculture (to grow crops) or to graze animals (such as cattle)
Use wind for wind energy
Use sun for solar energy
Use oil for energy
200
What invisible line is at 0 longitude?
Prime Meridian
200
Which of The Five Themes of Geography does this statement describe: "How people shape, change, and depend on the environment."
Human-Environment Interaction
300
What is this called?
Compass rose
300
All of the following are examples of Human characteristics EXCEPT
1.) language
2.) food
3.) population density
4.) climate
Climate (climate is considered a physical characteristic of place)
300
Give an example of how humans MODIFY the environment.
Clearing land for agriculture or to graze cattle
Damming streams to store and divert water
Growing crops
300
Lines of latitude run in which direction?
East - West (or West - East)
300
Name the theme that this statement falls under: "Physical characteristics including landforms, climate, vegetation, and bodies of water."
Place
400
What are the four intermediary directions?
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
400
What are features that occur naturally called? (Examples: rivers, lakes, dunes, mountains)
Physical features
400
Give an example of how humans ADAPT to their environments
Wearing appropriate clothing for the climate
Building homes a stilts in areas where there is lots of flooding
400
Lines of longitude measure how far a location is from which line?
Prime Meridian
400
Name the theme that this statement falls under: "We organize the Earth's areas by their common characteristics."
Region
500
What kind of map is this?
Thematic map
500
Name 3 different ways places are divided into regions.
religion (Muslim world)
geography (Southeast Asia)
political borders (countries, states)
industry (Rust Belt, Corn Belt, Agricultural regions, Industrial regions)
language (Hispanic America)
history (North and South Vietnam)
500
What are the 5 human-environment interaction problems we studied? What are 3 solutions you have learned about for these problems?
Deforestation
Desertification
Climate Change
Animal extinction
Air pollution
(Solutions will vary)
500
What country does the prime meridian run through? (This is the country where lines of longitude were first invented by early cartographers, or map makers).
The United Kingdom
500
I called my family in the United States and told them about Coronavirus and how important it was to wear masks all the way back in February.
What theme of geography is this an example of?
Movement
(The movement of ideas!)