Vocabulary Vault
What do we call something we found in nature that people can use, such as water, trees, or coal?
Natural Resource
What do we call a reason that makes someone want to leave their home or country?
Push Factor
What do we call a community where people live, work, and interact?
Settlement
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Location, place, Region, Movement, Human-environment Interaction.
What branch of service did Mr. Cook serve in?
Marine Corps
What is the movement of people from one place to another called?
Migration
What do we call a reason that attracts someone to move to a new location?
Pull Factor
What term describes buildings, roads, bridges, and other systems that help a town function?
Infrastructure
What ocean is located along the eastern coast of the United States?
Atlantic Ocean
What is the most recent state Mr. Cook has lived in before Maryland?
Georgia
What term describes the spread of ideas, foods, traditions, and customs between cultures?
Cultural Diffusion
A family leaves their country because of war and violence. Is this a push or a pull factor?
Push Factor
Your town is growing quickly, but there aren't enough homes for everyone. What problems is your town experiencing?
Overpopulation or a housing shortage
What theme of geography describes how people, goods, and ideas travel between places?
Movement
Mr. Cook is father to this many children.
4 kids
What is a tax placed on goods imported from another country called?
Tariff
What is the difference between immigration and emigration?
Immigration means moving into a country; emigration means leaving a country
Your town has a river running through it. Name TWO ways the river could benefit the community.
Drinking water, transportation, fqrming, fishing, or trade.
A farmer cuts down trees to create more farmland. Which theme of geography does this demonstrate?
Human-Environment Interaction
What college football team has the highest elevated stadium?
University of Wyoming Cowboys
What term describes the growing connection between countries through trade, communication, and culture?
Globalization
A family leaves their hometown because jobs are disappearing and moves to a city with better schools and higher-paying jobs. Identify one push factor and one pull factor.
Push: Lack of jobs.
Pull: Better schools or higher-paying jobs.
Your town has limited money, you can build either a hospital or a shopping mall. Which should you build first, and why?
Hospital. It provides healthcare and helps protect the population.
Maryland has beaches, mountains, farmland, and cities. Which theme of geography describes the physical and human characteristics that make Maryland unique?
People from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan call themselves what?
Yoopers