5 Themes of Geography
Location, Place, Human-Environmental Interaction, Region, Movement
What are the 5 themes of geography?
the exact coordinates of a place on Earth
What is absolute location?
formal regions
What are regions that have clear boundaries and specific characteristics that set them apart?
when two of Earth's tectonic plates are moving apart from each other
What is a divergent plate boundary?
polar, temperate, tropical, and arid
What are the climate zones?
how humans modify and adapt to their local environment
What is Human-Environmental Interaction?
a graphic that shows a population's age and gender distribution
What is a population pyramid?
social, economic, environmental, and political
What are push/pull cause factors?
the customs, behaviors, and norms of a group of people
What is culture?
founder is Abraham and the sacred writings are called the Torah
What is Judaism?
the method used by society to produce and distribute goods and services
What is an economic system?
Examining landforms and geological process.
What does Physical geography primarily focus on?
by comparing a place's position to other places
How do geographer's describe relative location?
perceptual regions
What type of region is based on a person's feelings, attitudes, or opinions about a place?
the landform typically formed by the collision of tectonic plates or volcanic activity
What is a mountain?
polar climate
What climate is found near the poles and extremely cold?
things found on Earth and used for economic purposes
What are natural resources?
the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime
What is the total fertility rate?
puritans were among the first to emigrate to the New World to escape religious persecution in Britain
What is a social push factor?
a group of people that share a geographic region, sense of identity, and culture
What is a society?
the founder is unknown and the sacred writings are called Vedas
What is Hinduism?
an economy based on customs and habits, children would work the same jobs and parents
What is a traditional economy?
flow of people, goods, ideas, and information across the Earth's surface.
What does the theme of "Movement" in geography refer to?
symbols and their meanings
What does a map key or legend typically show?
a pizza delivery area
What is an example of a functional region?
the landform that is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides and is often carved by river erosion
What is a canyon?
tropical climate
What climate is found near the Equator and is warm and humid?
how we can use resources responsibly
What is sustainability?
the number of live births per 1,000 people per year
What is the birth rate?
families of resettled Vietnamese were allowed to be reunited in the United States
What is a pull social factor?
a group that shares a language, customs, and common heritage.
What is an Ethnic group?
the founder is Siddhartha Gautama and the sacred texts are called the Tipitaka or the triple basket
What is Buddhism?
a government controlled economy
What is a command economy?
how humans interact with their environment
What is human-environmental interaction?
the cardinal directions
What does a compass rose on a map tell us?
more likely to change over time
What is a perceptual region?
saltwater
What is the majority of Earth's water?
arid climate
What climate zone is found above and below the tropical climate zone has littler rain and includes deserts?
how people use and modify the land they live on
What is land use?
the average number of years a person could expect to live
What is the life expectancy?
In the 1830s agricultural works in Germany were displaced by the Industrial Revolution
What is a push economic factor?
the place of origin for a cultural trait and sites ofinnovation
What are cultural hearths?
the founder is Jesus and the sacred writings are the Bibile
What is Christianity?
a king or queen reigns over the state for life and hereditary right
What is a monarchy
where something is on the Earth's surface
What is location?
by using the map scale
How can you estimate distances between places on a map?
can be man made or from the physical environment
What is a formal region
the primary source of freshwater for many communities and agriculture
What are rivers?
Deciduous Forest
what biome has trees that lose their leaves and distinct seasons
building an igloo for a home
What is an example of how humans adapt to their environment?
the number of deaths per 1,000 people in a population per year
What is the mortality rate?
Ireland's potato crop was destroyed by blight disease in 1845 and 1846
What is a push environmental factor?
the spread of cultural ideas outward from the hearth
What is cultural diffusion?
enlightenment and the end of the cycle of suffering in Hinduism
what is Nirvana?
a monarch is guided by a constitution that limits their power and responsibilities
the unique physical and human characteristics of a location
What is place?
one of the most common projections with straight lines and angles to help with traveling but heavy distortion in size at the top and bottom
What is the Mercator Projection?
the Bible Belt
What is an example of a perceptual region?
where freshwater rivers meet the sea
What are Estuaries?
extreme aired conditions, low precipitation, high temperatures and are threatened by overgrazing livestock, climate change, and destruction for agriculture
What is a Desert?
building a dam
What is an example of how humans modify their environment?
the process of a society moving from higher birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country undergoes industrialization and economic development
What is demographic transition?
in 1848 an attempt to bring about a liberal resolution in Germany failed and many Germans fled to the USA
What is a push political factor?
after being exposed to a new form of culture a society can change
What is acculturation?
founder is the Prophet Muhammad and the sacred writings are the Quran
What is Islam?
people elect political leaders, including presidents, prime minsters, and representatives to lead the government
What is a Republic?
how long it takes to get from point A to point B
known as the interrupted projection it minimizes distortion which is a great benefit but the drawback is it interrupts oceans and makes measuring distance between continents difficult
What is the Goode's Homolosine Projection?
states, countries, the Rocky Mountains, the Arctic Circle, the Sahara Desert
What are examples of formal regions?
condensation, evaporation, runoff, infiltration, precipitation
What is the hydrologic cycle also known as the water cycle?
vast expanses of grasses with few trees, has distinct seasons wit hot summers and cold winters
What is a Grassland?
resources without limits
What is a renewable resource?
What are the ages of the populaton?
in 2025 the fires in California forced thousands to flee their homes to find safety out of the area of destruction
What is a push environmental factor?
reflects many aspects of culture, binds a group together, and creates unity
What is language?
living in harmony with mature and the three treasures are compassion, frugality, and humility
What is Daoism?
a person rules with almost unlimited power
What is a Dictatorship?