Location
Describe locations as one of the 5 themes of Geography
The place where something can be found. Latitude and Longitude
Describe interactions as one of the 5 themes of Geography
Describe place as one of the 5 themes of Geography
Physical and human characteristics or featrues that make it different from all other places.
Describe region as one of the 5 themes of Geography
Areas of Earth that share features that make them different from other areas that make them regions
Describe movement as one of the 5 themes of Geography
flow of people, goods, ideas, and information across the Earth's surface.
What does a map key or legend typically show?
Symbols and their meanings
Absolute location refers to –
The exact address or latitude on longitude coordinates.= The exact coordinates of a place on Earth.
What are human interactions
how people interact and change their environment
Physical geography primarily focuses on
examining landforms and geological processes.
What Region of Maine do we live in?
Western Mountains
What are 2 examples of the movement of goods, ideas, and why people would move
food, computers, cars, clothes,
Internet, Books, letters, songs, art
Better jobs, food, health, resources, refugee's
What does the compass rose on a map indicate?
The cardinal directions
Geographers describe relative location by –
comparing a place's position to other places.
What was gained by the European interaction when they came to this land?
List will vary- land, furs, trade, corn, food, wood, fish, labor, slaves,
What are examples of landforms
Mountains, hills, plateaus, and plains
What Region of the world is North America
Western Hemisphere
Migrated Crossed the frozen land bridge
How can you estimate distances between places on a map?
By using the map scale
A map that a hiker would use would be?
A topographic map
What are examples of cultural regions
Music, food, race, art, language, and history.
What are examples of the bodies of water
Oceans, rivers, lakes, bays,
What are different types of Regions
Physical, political, cultural and uniform
What were the first people of what is now Maine called
What lines go vertical on the map?
What is an ecosystem
rainforest, desert, mountains, oceans, sevanna.
What are examples of types of uniform reagions
The county, Downeast, wall street, diamond district,
Give examples of human characteristics
bridges, roads, culture, language.
What are examples of political features
Towns, countries, states, provinces,
What were the first people of what is now Maine to come into contact with European explorers.
Wabanaki- Wabanaki Confederacy is what the Native Nations of what is now Maine called themselves when they banned together against the colonist.
What is a map maker called?
Cartographer