PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Leaving your country to live somewhere else is called this.
What is emigration?
These lines run horizontally around Earth and measure north and south.
What is latitude?
Mountains, rivers, climate, and wildlife help describe this theme.
What is Place?
Oil and coal belong to this general category because they take extremely long periods to form.
What are nonrenewable resources?
Ms. Montry's husband served in the military and was stationed in different locations. Which theme focuses on people traveling from one location to another?
Movement.
Entering a new country to live there is called this.
What is immigration?
These lines run vertically and measure east and west.
What is longitude?
People build a highway through a mountain.
What is Human-Environment Interaction?
Solar energy belongs to this category because its source can naturally be replenished.
What is a renewable resource?
A student describes Venezuela using its mountains, rivers, climate, cities, food and languages. Which theme is being used?
Place.
War causes a family to leave its country. War is this type of factor.
What is a push factor?
“Madison is west of Milwaukee” is this kind of location.
What is relative location?
Coffee grown in Colombia is shipped and sold in Wisconsin.
What is Movement?
The number of people living within a certain amount of land measures this.
What is population density?
People move from farms and small communities into large cities. What process is being described?
Urbanization.
A better-paying job attracts someone to another country. The job is this type of factor.
What is a pull factor?
“43° N, 89° W” describes this kind of location.
What is absolute location?
Several states are grouped together because they have similar climates and vegetation.
What is Region?
If births consistently outnumber deaths, what would you expect to happen to the population?
It would increase/grow.
A dam provides water and electricity but changes a river ecosystem. Which theme BEST helps a geographer analyze BOTH sides?
Human-Environment Interaction.
Ms. Montry lived in both Spain and Argentina. If she moved to Argentina because she was offered an amazing teaching opportunity there, the teaching opportunity would be what?
A pull factor.
Ms. Montry says, “When I lived in Spain, Argentina was across the Atlantic and southwest of me.” Which geography concept is she using?
What is relative location?
Bonnie and Ramona's family builds a fence so the dogs can safely use the backyard. Which theme BEST describes people changing their surroundings to meet a need?
What is Human-Environment Interaction?
Two countries have the same population, but Country A is much smaller in area. Which country would have the HIGHER population density?
Country A.
A family leaves Country A because of war and chooses Country B because jobs are plentiful. Identify BOTH migration factors.
War = push factor; jobs = pull factor.