Location
Absolute location and Relative location
The two characteristics used to describe place
human and natural characteristics
What does HEI stand for?
Human Environmental Interaction
What question does movement answer?
How and why are places connected to each other?
What is region?
An area that has similar characteristics (physical, human, or historical characteristics)
Are coordinates relative or absolute location?
absolute
lifestyle, values, beliefs and traits.
What is an example of HEI?
Any example of human-environment interaction
What does movement focus on?
How people, ideas, and products spread
Are regions only identified by state boundary lines?
No, they are identified by similar characteristics
What tool is the best way to show location?
maps
2 examples of human characteristics of place
cultural attributes, structures (buildings), land use patterns, density of population, and political systems
Are the Egyptian pyramids an example of HEI? Why or why not?
Is this an example of movement?: New York has a diverse population because about 25 million immigrants entered the US from there.
Yes, because it shows people moving from one place to another
Is the following an example of region: Seattle is located in Washington state
No, that is just location. Region is describing similarities among places like the PNW.
What does location describe?
The positions and distributions of places and people on earth
2 examples of physical characteristics of place
landforms, bodies of water, climate, soils, natural vegetation, and animal life
No, that is absolute location.
What is cultural diffusion?
the spread of innovations and ideas from its source area to another area and culture.
Is the following an example of region?: Auburn is located 30 miles south of Seattle
No, this is relative location.
What is scale?
the ratio between a distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground
Difference between culture and a cultural trait
Culture=many parts of what people believe, practice, and do.
Cultural trait=just one specific belief, practice, or action
What are the three characteristics of HEI?
How humans: Depend, modify, adapt to the environment around them.
Is describing the physical characteristics of a place an example of movement? Why or why not?
No because describing physical characteristics is place, not movement.
Why do we have regions?
They help us identify and classify unique characteristics on the earth.