Location/Map questions
What is the name of a map that shows us specific information about one theme or topic?
Thematic map
What is the type of map that shows us natural geographical features (e.g. landforms/bodies of water) of an Earth's surface?
Physical map
What do we call it when people move from one place to another to live?
Migration
What type of map shows us the visual representation of long-term weather patterns, temperature ranges, and precipitation distribution across a specific country, region, or the entire globe.
Climate map
what is the definition of a region?
a place that shares similar features
What are the two types of location?
Absolute location and relative location
What are the two types of characteristics we can use to describe a place?
Physical characteristics and human characteristics
People wear heavy coats during very cold winters. Are they adapting to, modifying, or depending on the environment?
Adapting to the environment
A family moves away from an area because there are very few jobs available. Is the lack of jobs a push factor or a pull factor?
Push factor
Which of these could be used to group places into a region: climate, language, landforms, or all of these?
all of these
Mexico is south of the United States.” Is this absolute or relative location?
Mountains, rivers, climate, and vegetation are examples of what kind of characteristics?
Physical characteristics
People cut down trees to build homes and roads. Are they adapting to, modifying, or depending on the environment?
Modifying the environment
A family moves to a new city because it has better living conditions and better schools. Is this a push factor or a pull factor?
Pull factor
Canada and the northern United States have areas with long, cold winters. If these places are grouped together because of their similar weather, what characteristic is being used to create the region?
Climate
A city is located at 44° N, 76° W. What type of location is being used?
Absolute Location
Language, buildings, food, and traditions are examples of what kind of characteristics?
Human characteristics
Give me an example of how ideas are spread
Possible answers: word or mouth, internet, social media, movies, education
Mexico, several countries in Central America, and much of South America have many Spanish-speaking communities. If these places are grouped together because of this shared characteristic, what type of characteristic is being used: physical or human?
human
What do we call the imaginary lines that run east to west (sideways) around Earth and measure how far north or south a place is from the Equator?
A community has snowy winters, forests, farms, and small towns. Name two physical characteristics and one human characteristic.
Possible answers: Physical — snowy winters and forests. Human — farms or small towns.
Farmers in the Andes build terraces into steep mountainsides so they can grow crops. How does this show Human-Environment Interaction?
People are modifying the environment by changing the mountainside to make farming possible.
what is an example of a good and a service?
Good: Something that humans made or grew (food, tv's, electronics, cars)
Service: an action of doing/helping someone (teacher, doctor, engineer, farmer)
Two places are far away from each other, but both have hot, tropical climates and rainforests. Could they still be considered part of the same type of region? Explain why or why not.
Yes. Places can be grouped into a region because they share characteristics; they do not have to be right next to each other.