Landforms
A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
Choices: Escarpment, Plateau, Fjord, Polders, Coastal Plain
What is plateau
This theme refers to how people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
Choices: Movement, Location, Place, Region, Human/Environment Interaction
What is movement
The study of the natural characteristics of Earth.
Choices: globe, map, physical geography, human geography
What is physical geography
The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
What is Agriculture
A long narrow inlet from the sea between steep cliffs or hills.
Choices: Escarpment, Plateau, Fjord, Polders, Coastal Plain
What is fjord
This theme explores how people adapt to and use their surroundings.
Choices: Movement, Location, Place, Region, Human/Environment Interaction
What is Human Environment Interaction
The study of the world and its people.
Choices: geography, maps, geology
What is geography
The act or process of establishing a colony or colonies in other parts of the world.
Choices: Capitalism, Urbanization, Imperialism, Colonization
What is colonization
A low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new land
Choices: Escarpment, Plateau, Fjord, Polders, Coastal Plain
What is polders
This theme explores how geographers use directions and coordinates to identify where something is found.
Choices: Movement, Location, Place, Region, Human/Environment Interaction
What is Location
The study of the ways human activity affects or is influenced by the earth's surface.
Choices: maps, physical geography, human geography
What is human geography
The growth of population in city centers leads to the spread of urban areas across rural areas.
Choices: Capitalism, Urbanization, Imperialism, Colonization
Urbanization
A steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface
Choices: Escarpment, Plateau, Fjord, Polders, Coastal Plain
What is escarpment
This theme looks at what locations have in common.
Choices: Movement, Location, Place, Region, Human/Environment Interaction
What is region
Distance north or south of the Equator; measured in degrees
What is Latitude
Gross domestic product divided by the number of people in the population. A high number represents more wealth in the country.
Choices: N.A.T.O, Capitalism, GDP per capita, Life expectancy
What is GDP per capita.
An area of flat land along a sea or ocean
Choices: Escarpment, Plateau, Fjord, Polders, Coastal Plain
What is Coastal Plain
This theme explores human and/or physical features of particular area, like landforms or culture.
Choices: Movement Location Place Region Human/Environment Interaction
What is place
A picture on a map that shows directions such as east, west, south, and north.
What is a compass rose
City with more than 10 million people; a giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs.
What is Mega City