Location
The position on the earth in which a place can be found [Ex. 40.7 degrees north (latitude), 74 degrees west (longitude)]
Absolute Location
Hills, swamps, trees and plants - Theses are all examples of what?
Physical landforms
What are the 4 means of Interactions based on humanity?
Intentional - Caused with knowledge and awareness
Accidental - not fully aware, byproduct, aftermath, uninformed
Favorable - beneficial, good
Destructive - negative, harmful
What is movement?
It describes how people, goods and ideas move between places
What is Geography?
The study of where people, places, and things are located and of the ways in which things relate to each other. (Writing about or describing)
The position of a place in relation to another place [Ex. What village is North of Yona]
Relative location
Humid, Dry, rainy, windy - These are all examples of what?
Weather/climate
unintentionally growing a type of plant that many organisms can flourish on.
Accidental, Favorable
Transportation, Mail, Trade - These are all examples of what?
Positive Movement
What are the two halves that the equator divides the world into?
Hemispheres
measure the distance north or south of the equator
Latitude (Parallels)
Typhoon, Heat wave, Floods - These are all examples of what?
Natural disasters
using insecticides to kill insects in your crops but ended up also killing them in the process.
Intentional, Destructive
War, Disease - These are all examples of what?
Negative movement
What circles the globe halfway between the north and south poles?
measure the distances east or west of the Prime Meridian
Longitude (Meridians)
Physical landforms, weather/climate, and natural disasters - These are all part of what topic in the theme of place?
Physical Characteristics
Global warming melting polar ice caps
Accidental, Destructive
places that have similar attributes, political regions (States, countries, districts, villages)
Formal regions
Zero degrees longitude. Runs through Greenwich, England
Prime Meridian
Government - what kind of government does a certain place have? |
Religion - what religions or beliefs does a certain place have? |
Economy - whats the form of Currency? - Capitalism - socialism |
Culture - what’s the language? Holidays? Cuisine? Music? |
Politics - what are the issues in the area? Pollution? Citizens? |
Communication - what are other ways people communicate? |
Transportation - how do people move/ get around?
Human Characteristics
Farming/ Gardening
Intentional, Favorable
Places connected by Movements, rail systems
(Cities, because highways, railroads, subways, and buses move people from the suburbs to the central areas of the city.)
Functional regions