Region
Human and Environment Interaction
Location
Place
Movement
100
What is a region?
a place defined by unifying characteristics that may be political, geographic, economic, or human
100
What are 3 ways we depend on our environment?
water, food, air
100
What is absolute location?
the exact point on a map using coordinates
100
What is place?
physical and human characteristics
100
What is movement?
transportation of goods, ideas, and people
200
What are the 3 regions of NC?
piedmont, mountains, coastal planes
200
What are 2 ways we modify our environment physically and chemically?
cutting down trees, pesticides
200
What is relative location?
using landmarks and directions to describe a place nearby
200
What are the physical characteristics of Durham?
trees, hills, grass, lakes, ponds,
200
What is a way that goods move?
postal service, people, cars, trucks, planes
300
What are some geographic regions of the US?
midwest, west, north east, south, southwest
300
What are some ways we adapt to our environment?
clothing, shelter, food,
300
When do we use relative location?
Everyday
300
What are some human characteristics of Durham?
schools, DPAC, restaurants, neighborhoods, houses, etc.
300
What are 5 ways that ideas move?
conversations, email, texts, websites, religion, letters, postal service, music,
400
What time zone are we in?
eastern
400
What are 3 ways that recycling helps our environment?
Prevents the amount of trash in the ground that will take a longer time to decompose,reuses our resources, prevents animals from danger
400
What is called a parallel and measures north and south?
latitude
400
What is the difference between rural and urban places using the theme of place?
rural - pastures, farm land, less buildings, houses, fewer roads, no sky scrapers urban - sky scrapers, tall buildings, more roads, more cars, more people, congestion, many suburban areas, more restaurants,
400
How do people move ideas?
by conversations, organizations, education, etc
500
What political region is NC in?
Republican
500
What are 2 recent examples of how humans interact negatively with their environment. (think big)
oil spill, global warming
500
What does longitude measure and what are the lines called?
east and west, meridians
500
How is place different from location?
Place describes a location
500
Name 3 ideas that have turned into inventions
light bulb, chairs, computers, internet, silverware,etc
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