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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
Materials in the environment we find useful are called...
Natural Resources
Ex: belongings, culture, push/pull factors
An issue that affects many people is called a...
Public Issue
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 the natural resource of water?
Ex: fishing, drinking, shipping
What is modification?
When people change the environment to fit themselves
Someone who is forced to flee from their country is called a...
Refugee
What state did most immigrants come in to
New York
Ex: building, paper, toothpicks ;)
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
Give an example of how people use animals