Location
What are the two ways you could describe a location?
Absolute location- an exact position (like an address or coordinates)
Relative location- describes where something is in relation to something else (like "North of Denver")
Movement refers to the way people, products, beliefs and _________ move from one place to another.
Ideas
Physical Characteristic
Human/Cultural Characteristics
Landforms and climate are examples of this type of characteristic of a place.
Physical Characteristics
What is the basic definition of Human-Environment Interaction?
The way people and the environment affect each other.
What are the names of the lines on a map that run: East - West & North - South?
Latitude (East/West)
Longitude (North/South).
What are the three forms/types of movement?
Migration
Diffusion
Trade
What are the three types of regions geographers study?
Formal
Functional
Perceptual
Culture, religion, and economic systems are examples of this type of characteristic of a place.
Human/Cultural Characteristics
What are the three ways humans interact with their environment?
Modify, Adapt, and Depend.
When reporting absolute location coordinates, which coordinate must always be listed first?
Latitude
This term describes the movement of ideas and behaviors from one place to another.
Diffusion
A region defined by measurable characteristics like climate or religion (e.g., the Sahara Desert) would be considered what type of region?
Formal (set by facts)
The population of a city would be considered a physical or human Characteristic?
Human/Cultural Characteristics
When people change their behavior because of the enviornment around them, what is that called?
Adapt/ Adapting/ Adaptation
What geographic tool uses geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) to provide directions?
The Global Positioning System (GPS)
What is the difference between migration and trade?
Migration is the movement of people
Trade is the movement of goods and services
Jeffco Public Schools, the Denver Water system, and RTD light rail transportation... these are examples of what type of region?
Functional (based around a central point)
The theme of Place describes the Physical and Human Characteristics of certain location...What other theme of Geography uses that data of Physical and Human Characteristics to create areas of study?
Regions
Clearing a forest to build a road is an example of which type of Human Environment Interaction?
Modify/ Modifying/ Modification
What city is at the coordinates that Mr.Vigil Wrote on the board?
Answers vary according to coordinates.
If you eat sushi in Arvada, Colorado that was made using fish from Norway... what forms/types of movement are present in the provided example?
Diffusion (sushi originated in Japan)
Trade (fish came from Norway)
States that are considered the south, Countries considered in the Middle East, broncos fans being in Wyoming... these are examples of what type of Region?
Perceptual (depends on who you ask and their perception)
How is Place different from Location?
Place describing what a location is like (physical and human characteristics)
Location is the physical location of a place (where you can find something/locate it)
What is one way here in Arvada we rely/depend on the environment?
Food that we eat (agriculture for produce)
Water that we drink (from snowpack in mountains)
Air that we breath
Resources from environment to build/use for things