Definitions
This theme groups places that share common characteristics.
What is region?
The exact spot on Earth, often shown with latitude and longitude, is called what?
What is absolute location?
How would you describe our region?
forest, lake, etc.
What are the two characteristics of place?
Human and Physical.
Farmers cultivating land and creating crops, tilling soil, making something new with the earth.
What is human environment interaction?
This theme studies how humans interact with their surroundings.
What is human-environment interaction?
An example of a human characteristic.
language, age, etc.
What is the difference between place and location?
Place is describing what is around you, location is pinpointing where you are.
How do you know when a region has changed?
What is, the characteristics are different?
What is, movement.
This theme explains how people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.
What is movement?
What line divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
What is the Equator?
Social media spreading new dance trends worldwide is an example of what? (People, goods, or ideas).
What is movement of ideas?
Which of these is a physical characteristic: language, mountains, or religion?
What are mountains?
The Canadian city of Montreal is found at approximately 45 degrees N, 76 degrees W.
The physical and human features that make a location unique describe what theme?
What is place?
What line divides Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
What is the Prime Meridian?
Give an example of relative location while on the phone with your mom.
"Mom, I am near a bakery."
Explain one way technology has changed how humans interact with the environment.
Any
Dust storms often sweep the level, almost treeless prairies of North Dakota.
What is region?
This type of location describes a place in relation to another place.
What is relative location?
Three examples of physical characteristics in the classroom.
lanterns, lights, etc.
Give an example of a perceptual region.
What is, the midwest?
Name one way human environment interaction has occurred from start to finish using cause and effect.
Example: Cutting down trees, then building houses, leaves the environment without trees.
This farming village has mostly elderly people, that speak Spanish.
What are human characteristics/place?