New Information Technologies
What technology allows real-time navigation and precise location tracking, often used in cars and smartphones?
What is GPS
Wearing lightweight, breathable clothing in desert climates is an example of how humans do what?
Adaptation
This monotheistic religion is centered on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
What is Christianity?
What term describes factors like war, famine, or persecution that force people to leave their home country?
What are push factors?
Name the weather phenomenon characterized by the warming of Pacific Ocean waters that disrupts global weather patterns.
What is El Niño?
This system helps geographers analyze spatial data by layering maps to visualize relationships.
What is GIS?
What is it called when humans create terraced fields on mountainsides to farm?
Modification
Name the polytheistic religion that originated in India and includes beliefs in reincarnation and karma.
What is Hinduism?
Economic opportunities, safety, and better living conditions are examples of what forces influencing migration?
What are pull factors?
This natural disaster is caused by underwater earthquakes and can devastate coastal areas with massive waves.
What is a tsunami?
The development of this global communication network revolutionized information sharing and connected billions of people worldwide.
What is the Internet?
Building dams to generate hydroelectric power is an example of how humans do this to their environment.
What is Modify?
Practitioners of this religion follow the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad and worship at mosques.
What is Islam?
This type of migration is often caused by natural disasters like floods or droughts.
What is environmental migration?
What is the name for the seasonal winds that bring heavy rainfall and sometimes cause floods in South Asia?
What are monsoons?
Combining maps with data analysis, this system helps governments and businesses make decisions about resource management.
What is GIS?
Name the process where humans adapt their lifestyles to live in cold regions by using heated homes and insulated clothing.
What is adapt to the environment?
This religion is associated with the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama and focuses on ending suffering through enlightenment.
What is Buddhism?
he availability of fertile farmland in the Americas during the colonial era is an example of this type of factor in migration.
What is a pull factor?
Volcanic eruptions can both destroy landscapes and create new ones. What is the term for the molten rock expelled during an eruption?
What is lava?
Farmers use this technology to monitor crops and optimize yields by tracking weather and soil conditions.
What is GPS?
Cultures often determine how humans interact with their surroundings. Name one cultural factor that influences land use.
What is religion or tradition?
This belief system, often found in indigenous cultures, attributes spiritual significance to animals, plants, and natural features.
What is animism?
This physical feature often acts as a natural barrier, shaping the routes of human migration.
What is a mountain range?
These storms, common in the U.S. Midwest, are characterized by rotating winds and can cause extensive damage to small areas.
What are tornadoes?