Location
What are the 2 examples of location?
Absolute and Relative
What are the features for place?
Physical and Human
What are the 3 examples for movement?
Goods, people, ideas
Which of the five themes deals with the relationships between people and their surroundings?
Human-Environment Interaction
What are the 3 things for region?
a specific description of location?
general location?
Cities, roads, and farms are examples of these characteristics?
human characteristics
What is movement?
Movement is push, pulling, people, goods, and ideas.
What is one theme of geography?
location, place, human-environment, interaction, movement, or region
Areas that share common characteristics?
religion
This is the continent the United States is located on?
North America
Mountains, islands, valleys are all examples of this physical characteristic
landforms
This factor causes people to leave or move from an area?
the push factor
Which is one is not one of the five themes of geography? Movement, sound, place.
place
This is the region Michigan is located in?
the midwest region
Because of the equator, the United States is located in this hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
These characteristics are natural features of the earth's surfaces?
physical characteristics
This factor causes people to be drawn to an area?
The pull factor
What are all the themes of geography?
location, place, human-environment, interaction, movement, and region
This region sees much more of the Mexican culture than we do in the State of Michigan.
the southwest region
Because of the prime meridian, the United States is located in this hemisphere?
the Western Hemisphere
Rivers, lakes, and oceans are examples of this physical characteristic
waterforms
Severe weather, job loss, war, and sickness are _____ factors.
push factors
Name one reason why having the 5 themes of geography helps us
These geography themes can be applied to nearly everything that geographers study
This region is great for growing crops such as corn?
the midwest region