5 Themes of Geography
What are the two types of location?
Absolute Location
Relitive Location
The T stands for what?
Title
An increase in elevation means the ______ it gets.
Colder
What term describes the growth of cities and movement of people from rural areas?
What is urbanization
War, poverty, and lack of jobs are examples of what type of factor? (Push/Pull)
What are push factors?
What are physical characteristics?
Anything that is nature made:
Trees
Rivers
Mountains
The O stands for what?
Orientation
What areas in the USA have a more moderate climate, with less extremes in temperature?
Areas around the coast.
Name one major push factor that causes people to leave an areas.
What is lack of jobs, poor education, or limited healthcare, war?
When people leave an area due to high crime rates or conflict, it’s an example of what? (Push/Pull)
Push Factor
Humans change the environment: Build homes, Dams, cut trees.
What is the term called? Starts with an "M"
Modify
Why is it important to put the date on a map?
Because of historical changes in boundaries and names.
Name the 4 seasons.
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
What are the areas surrounding cities, often with a mix of urban and rural features, called?
What are suburbs.
Countries with better healthcare systems and higher living standards? (Push/Pull)
What is a Pull Factor
What region is California located in?
The West
Another word for key is?
Legend
Weather is _____ term, while climate is _____ term.
short, long
This group often struggles to afford rising rents in gentrified neighborhoods.
Working Class, Black, Hispanic
A population pyramid shows the distribution of a country’s population by what two categories?
What are age and gender?
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Location
Place
Human Environment Interaction
Movement
Region
a1 b c d e f
2
3
4
Grid
How long does it take the planet earth to complete a revolution?
365 days
The arrival of new businesses, cafés, and parks often signals what process? (Starbucks)
Gentrification
A population with many older people and few young people will eventually?
Decline or shrink over time.