5 Themes of Geography
Vocabulary
The Global Grid
100
This is the relationship between people and the environment. 

What is Human-Environment Interaction?

100

Making a small change in behavior in response to the environment. 

What is adaptation?
100

This line is at 0 degrees latitude. 

What is the equator?

200

This is the linking of places by common characteristics. 

What is region? 

200

Totally changing the environment to fit human's needs. 

What is modification?

200

This line is at 0 degrees longitude. 

What is the prime meridian?

300

This is when people, ideas, and goods change location. 

What is movement? 

300

Dividing the land area by the total land area.

What is arithmetic population density?

300

These lines on the map are horizontal. 

What is latitude?

400
The absolute or relative point of an object. 

What is location?

400

When the land is livable or farmable.

What is arable?

400

These lines are vertical. 

What is longitude? 

500

The descriptions of a location. 

What is place?

500

When you divide the population density by the arable land.

What is physiologic population density?

500

This line of latitude is above the equator.

What is the tropic of cancer?