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Regions with very rich soil make good farming communities. Regions with barren soil may send farmers looking for better conditions. What does the word barren mean?
unable to be used effectively for farming
How do humans interact with their environment in a negative (bad) way?
-Polluting
-Greenhouse gases
-Burning fossil fuels
-Deforestation
What type of location uses longitude and latitude coordinates?
What is a continent?
A large land mass.
Which piece of information below best supports the claim that Geography can have a positive impact on development?
“Regions with barren soil may send farmers looking for better conditions”
“Regions with very rich soil make good farming communities”
“Polar climate zones are uninhabitable for many life forms.”
“Agriculture cannot flourish if the earth is dry and lacking the proper nutrients.”
2. “Regions with very rich soil make good farming communities”
Describe a physical map.
A physical map has geographic features (desert, forest, rivers etc)
What type of location uses a description to find a place?
Relative Location
1) Movement
2) Region
3) Human environment interaction
4) Location
5) Place
Geography hinders development because extreme dry climates usually have limited resources and less opportunities for settlements. What physical feature has extremely dry climates and limited resources?
Desert
Which of the five themes of geography examines how people adapt to or change their surroundings?
Human Environmental Interaction
In which hemisphere would you find South Africa?
Southern Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere
Place consists of human and physical features. Human features are connected to culture and physical features are connected to geography.