Spatial Awareness
Earth's Impact on Humans
Human's Impact on the Earth
Urbanization
Vocabulary
100
Every good map must include the following components: Title, _____________, Date, Author, Legend and Scale.
What is Orientation?
100
Hurricane Katrina caused the destruction of this U.S. city in 2005
What is New Orleans?
100
This gas is a major contributor to the Greenhouse Effect.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
100
Urbanization is the movement of people from ____________ to urban areas.
What is rural?
100
A flattened projection of the earth's surface.
What is a map
200
This imaginary horizontal line cuts the earth in half from north to south.
What is the Equator?
200
A fire that spreads quickly and is difficult to manage or contain, typically in a rural or forested environment
What is a wildfire?
200
The process of drilling a well into the earth, injecting a chemical, and extracting natural gas from shale rock.
What is "fracking"?
200
Some people choose to live in a city because of more job opportunities. This is an example of a _________ factor for cities.
What is a "Pull factor"
200
The possibility of exposure to hazard or danger.
What is a risk?
300
This type of thematic map illustrates the distribution of people throughout a given area.
What is a population density map?
300
Earthquakes are more likely to occur where two of these meet one another under the earth's surface.
What are tectonic plates?
300
Many scientists and concerned individuals argue that human activity is causing this problem.
What is climate change?
300
A city with over 10 million inhabitants.
What is a megacity?
300
An outlying area of a city, especially a residential area.
What is a suburb?
400
These imaginary lines run vertically across the earth and measure the distance east or west in degrees.
What is longitude?
400
Homeowners can purchase this to protect their property and finances in the event of a natural disaster.
What is insurance?
400
This country is currently responsible for the majority of the world's carbon emissions.
What is China.
400
The city center, also known as....
What is the Urban core?
400
An informal, sometimes illegal urban settlement, characterized by high density and sometimes squalid conditions.
What is a slum
500
The seven continents on planet earth are: North America, Europe, Asia, __________________, South America, and Australia.
What is Africa?
500
An area that has a history of or has a high risk for wildfires.
What is a "red zone"
500
A concerned citizen can reduce their impact on the environment by trying to reduce this.
What is a carbon footprint?
500
This phenomenon occurs when a city outgrows its boundaries, due to increased population and decreased density.
What is urban sprawl
500
A bias that favors one culture or ethnic group over another, or views another culture unfairly through one's own lens.
What is ethnocentrism?
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