Location
What term means a circle showing the principal directions printed on a map?
Compass Rose
What are the two categories used to describe a place?
Physical and Human
What two things do humans depend on in their environment?
Food and clean drinking water.
What is an area inside a city that is very developed?
Urban
What does the movement of ideas include?
Cultural diffusion
What direction does latitude measure? What direction does longitude measure?
Latitude- North and South
Longitude- East and West
What is one example of a physical characteristic?
Landforms, bodies of water, climate, and animal life.
What do humans have to do when they cannot change their environment?
Adapt
What is an example of a major problem that cities face?
declining areas, high crime, and poverty
What is an example of cultural diffusion?
Food and music
The Equator
What type of map is used to show physical characteristics?
Topographical?
What is one example of how humans are damaging the ocean?
Overfishing, pollution, global warming, and damage to coral reefs
What is an area outside a city that is spread out?
Suburban
What term means when people come into a country?
Immigration
What is the vertical line that runs through London, England?
The Prime Meridian
Where do human characteristics of a place come from?
Human ideas and actions
What is the purpose of humans modifying their environment?
It makes it easier to extract resources.
What area is known as the countryside, that has few homes and people?
Rural
What term means when someone exits a country?
Emigration
When reading a location on a map, what unit of measurement is used?
Degrees
What is one example of a human characteristic?
Cultural attributes, structures, land use patterns, density of population, and politics.
What is the main reason why our Earth is suffering at the moment?
Global warming
What is an example of a challenge in rural areas?
Health care delivery
What does the movement of goods include?
Trade patterns