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What are the 5 themes of Geography?
MR.HELP (movement, region, human environment interaction, location, place)
What is a push factor? Give an example
A reason that makes people leave a place.
Ex: No freedom, no jobs, no money
An area with one or more common characteristics or features is a...
region
what are natural resources?
Things in nature that people find useful
Give one example how people are connected to people and one way people are connected to the earth
Variety of answers
Ex: transportation networks, religion, movement/traveling, resources, buildings
What is a pull factor? Give an example
Something that draws someone to a place.
Example: more freedom, more opportunities, family
America is known as the...
What are the main categories of natural resources?
animals, forests, minerals, water, land
What is adaptation?
When people make changes in order to fit the environment
Someone who is leaving their home and moving into a new country is called an...
Immigrant
Why is America known as the melting pot?
Because our culture is made from many other cultures of immigrants who have traveled here
Give an example of how people use natural resources?
Example: water for transportation, minerals for building, forest for trees
What is modification?
When people change the environment to fit themselves
Someone who is leaving their country is called an...
Emigrant
What is the name of the Island where many Immigrants came to the U.S.?
Ellis Island
An issue that affects many, many people is called a...
public issue
What is one way people have changed the earth? Give an example from the book "Just a Dream"
Ex: cutting trees, factories with smoke
The way of life of a group of people is their
culture
Ex: building on a river, in the woods, in an earthquake zone, in a big city
What is geography
the study of the earth and human interaction with it