5 themes of geography
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Location, Place, Region, Human Environment Interaction, Movement
What is History?
History is after writing was invented.
Why was the stone age called the stone age?
Because People, like cavemen, used stone tools to make stone objects.
What is the name of Mickey Mouse’s pet dog?
Pluto
There were the first people to live on the North American continent even before European explorers "discovered" it.
Native Americans
What is the difference between Place and Region?
Place is a smaller area that has natural or human characteristics describing it and Region is a larger are that contains many places with natural or human characteristics describing it.
What is Prehistory?
Prehistory is before writing was invented.
How did they eat before farming was invented?
People used their stone weapons to hunt animals.
What is Donald Duck’s girlfriend’s name?
Daisy Duck
The first Americans used this to migrate to North America.
What is the difference between absolute location and relative location?
Absolute location is the exact location and relative location is referring to something near it. For example, We are 3,870 miles away from England.
What is an archaeologist?
An archaeologist is someone who studies both history and prehistory.
Who are Nomads?
People who were constantly traveling to find food?
Which two countries share the longest border?
United States and Canada
This is the continent the first Americans came from when migrating to North America.
Asia
What is Human Environment Interaction?
It is when you do an activity that is connected to the environment.
What do historians study?
They study old writings to find out about what life was like.
Fun fact: what was the first domesticated animal?
People think that dogs were the first domesticated animal.
Which ocean is off the coast of California?
Pacific Ocean
As they migrated, early Native Americans had to do this to survive in their environment. Hint: the answer is a word that means "change to fit your environment"
Adapt
What is a region?
A region is an area that isn't actually on a map, but we refer to it when we are speaking. For example: North America, New England, Midwest, Southwest, etc.
What do prehistorians study?
They study old legends and buried objects.
What two very important things were discovered?
Fire and Farming
What do you call the process by which plants make their own food?
Photosynthesis
These are people who move from place to place and have no settled home.
Nomads