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Physical or Human
Thematics
Physical Features
Regions of the USA
100
Buenos Aires, Argentina is 35°S latitude and 58°W longitude.
What is Absolute Location?
100
This theme describes "What is it like there?" You can describe it by using physical and human characteristics.
What is Place?
100
Mexico has a democracy much like the USA. However, the national language is Spanish and the population is only half of the USA's 328 million.
What are human characteristics?
100
This type of map shows the Earth's features like mountains, rivers, valleys, deserts, lakes, and oceans. Colors are generally used to indicate elevation.
What are Physical maps?
100
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land
What is a isthmus?
100
This US region is famous for a Gold Rush, Yellowstone Nat'l Park, and Hollywood.
What is the West region?
200
Physical, Cultural, and Political are all examples of these...
What are Types of Regions?
200
This theme describes how and why people, goods, ideas/information move from one place to another.
What is Movement?
200
The United States lies within two major climate zones, the Temperate Zone, and the Subtropical Zone.
What are physical characteristics?
200
These types of maps can show countries, states, provinces, and territories by showing boundaries that separate them.
What are Political maps?
200
A river or stream that flows into a larger river
What is a Tributary?
200
This region has some of the oldest states in the United States, such as New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, and Massachusetts.
What is the Northeast region?
300
This is an example of a person _____ to their environment.
What is Adapting to their environment?
300
This theme talks about how people depend, adapt, and modify their surroundings.
What is Human-Environment Interaction?
300
Canada is famous for a food called Poutine. The dish is made with French fries, cheese curds, covered with gravy.
What is a Human Characteristic?
300
These maps show how many people live in an area. Darker colors indicate more people per square mile and lighter colors show fewer people living in that area.
What are Populaton maps?
300
A large flat area of raised land where the highest elevation is generally the same.
What is a Plateau?
300
This US region is known for its oil and dry climate, but it's famous for the great big ole state of Texas.
What is the Southwest region?
400
The ice cream shop is down the street next to the bank.
What is relative location?
400
Where is it? This theme identifies a precise spot or tells you where one place is in relation to another.
What is Location?
400
Florida is very hot and humid. It is surrounded by the Atlantic ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
What are physical characteristics?
400
These maps can show the kind of weather a place has over long periods of time. They often show annual precipitation, sunshine, or indicate whether a place is humid or polar.
What are Climate maps?
400
A long narrow stretch of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a Peninsula?
400
Known for its dairy, corn, and wheat! But equally famous for those Great Lakes. This region has both Dakotas and Wisconsin.
What is the Midwest region?
500
These two imaginary lines run north & south and east & west at 0° degrees.
What are the Equator and the Prime Meridian?
500
This theme describes how and why places are similar. They may have common characteristics like climate, culture, vegetation, or physical features.
What is Region?
500
There are ancient Incan stone walls and roads still used today in Cuzco, Peru.
What is a human characteristic?
500
This type of map is used to show the position and elevation of mountains and valleys by using contour lines to indicate flat and steep surfaces.
What is a Topographic map?
500
A narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water.
What is a Strait?
500
This US region tried to form its own country during the civil war, but now it is famous for cities like Nashville, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Miami.
What is the Southeast region?