Location
This term describes a place's position using latitude and longitude coordinates.
What is absolute location?
This term refers to the physical and human characteristics that make a location unique.
What is place?
This term describes an area defined by common features such as climate, culture, or political system.
What is a region?
This theme of geography examines how people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another.
What is movement?
This theme explores how humans adapt to, modify, and depend on their environment.
What is human-environment interaction?
This type of location describes a place in relation to other landmarks.
What is relative location?
Mountains, rivers, and climate are examples of these characteristics of a place.
What are physical characteristics?
The Sahara Desert is an example of this type of region, defined by its arid climate.
What is a physical region?
The spread of the internet across the globe is an example of the movement of these.
What are ideas?
Building dams to control water flow is an example of humans doing this to their environment.
What is modifying the environment?
These imaginary lines run east-west and measure distance north or south of the Equator.
What are lines of latitude?
Language, architecture, and religion are examples of these characteristics of a place.
What are human characteristics?
The Midwest in the United States is considered this type of region due to shared cultural and economic traits.
What is a cultural region?
Immigration is an example of the movement of these.
What are people?
Wearing warm clothing in cold climates is an example of humans doing this to their environment.
What is adapting to the environment?
These imaginary lines run north-south and measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
What are lines of longitude?
The Grand Canyon is known for its vast size and layered bands of red rock. This describes its ______ characteristics.
What are physical characteristics?
Regions defined by a central place and the surrounding territory linked to it are called this.
What is a functional region?
Shipping containers transporting products worldwide illustrate the movement of these.
What are goods?
Air pollution from factories is an example of this effect humans can have on their surroundings.
What is harming the environment?
The city of Lansing is located at approximately 42.7° N latitude and 84.5° W longitude. This describes its ______ location.
What is absolute location?
The Eiffel Tower and French language are examples of these characteristics in Paris.
What are human characteristics?
What makes a political region different from a climate region?
What makes a political region different from a climate region?
The Silk Road was an ancient network facilitating the movement of goods and ideas between these two regions.
What are Asia and Europe?
Building solar panels to create clean energy shows this positive human-environment interaction.
What is using renewable energy or helping the environment?