Location
This theme of geography answers the question, 'Where is it?'
What is Location?
"This theme of geography describes what a location is like, including natural and man-made features."
What is Place?
"This theme of geography looks at how people change or adapt to where they live."
What is Human-Environment Interaction?
"This theme of geography is about how people, goods, and ideas move from one place to another."
What is Movement?
"This theme of geography groups places that have something in common."
What is Region?
"This type of location tells you exactly where something is using latitude and longitude."
What is absolute location?
"Mountains, rivers, and lakes are examples of these types of characteristics."
What are physical characteristics?
"Wearing warm clothes in a cold climate is an example of this kind of interaction."
What is adapting to the environment?
"Cars, trains, and planes are examples of how people do this."
What is transportation?
"This type of region is based on natural features like mountains or forests."
What is a physical region?
"This type of location is described by what's near it, like saying, 'Next to the park.'"
What is relative location?
"Languages, buildings, and roads are examples of these types of characteristics."
What are human characteristics?
"Building dams to control water is an example of humans doing this to their environment."
What is modifying the environment?
"The internet is an example of how ideas do this around the world."
What is spread or move?
"The Midwest in the U.S. is an example of this type of region"
What is a cultural region?
"This U.S. state is located at 34° N, 118° W and is home to Hollywood."
What is California?
"This famous landmark in France is known for its tall, iron structure."
What is the Eiffel Tower?
"Farming crops depends on this resource from the environment."
What is soil or water?
"This route was used by early explorers to trade spices and goods between Europe and Asia."
What is the Silk Road?
"Regions with their own governments, like countries or states, are called this."
What are political regions?
"This tool is used to find the exact location of a place using coordinates."
What is a map or GPS?
"This large desert is known as the hottest place on Earth."
What is the Sahara Desert?
"This type of pollution is caused by cars and factories, affecting the air we breathe."
What is air pollution?
"This event caused many people to move to California in search of gold in the 1800s."
What is the Gold Rush?
"This region of the U.S. is known for its history of jazz music and Creole culture."
What is the Southern or Gulf Coast region?