Quick Facts
The Five Themes of Geography
Climate change
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100

The study of the world, it's people, and the landscapes they create

Geography

100

HEI looks at the relationships between ______________ and their environment.

humans

100

What is the leading cause of climate change?

Burning fossil fuels

100

Place can be described by _________ and __________ characteristics

Human and physical characteristics

100

Which coordinate comes first?

Latitude

200

Mountains and Lake Michigan are an example of this theme of geography. 

Place (Physical features)

200

Place does what to a location?

Describes it

200

Building houses by destroying forests is an example of this theme of geography. 

Human environment interaction

200

The Prime Meridian is a line of _____________ 

longitude

200

What are the 5 regions of the U.S

NE, SE, SW, MW, W/NW

300

Maine is in which climate zone:

a) moist subtropical

b) moist continental

c) dry

B) moist continental

300

What are the two types of location

Absolute and Relative

300

List 3 causes of climate

Transportation, fossil fuels, deforestation, waste management, agriculture

300

__________ is the most practiced religion in the middle eastern culture

Islam

300

What is the most practiced religion in the world?

Christianity

400

A description of where a something on Earth is

Location

400

The 5 themes of geography are



Location, Place, HEI, Movement, Region

400

List 3 effects of climate change

sea level rising, melting ice caps, heat waves, more extreme weather events

400

You develop a _________ of _________ when you become familiar with it.

Sense of place

400

Types of human characteristics that a region can be grouped based on

language,culture,religion

500

In Human-Environment Interaction, humans can either _______ or _______ the environment.

Adapt or modify

500

This theme refers to the way people, goods, information, and ideas move from one place to the other.    

Movement

500

List two ways we can help slow climate change

Renewable energy, recycle, improved transportation, reforestation 

500

Region is an area that is defined by  _______________ characteristics.

common characteristics (or something similar)

500
Regions can be identified by two types of characteristics. What are they?

Human and Physical

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