Location
What is the definition of location?
Where something is
What is the definition of place in social studies?
The human and physical features of a location that make it unique
Any locations that share at least one feature in common make a region. These features could be human features or physical features or really anything!
What is the definition of movement?
What is human environment interaction?
the relationship between people and the land/environment. Anything people do to the land/environment is HEI.
What is a relative location?
Not an exact location
What is a human feature?
something that describes people (Food, music, dance, sports, language, clothing, etc)
Is the area below a region?
3 countries have different languages. 3 countries have different types of clothing. 3 countries all share the same river.
yes
List two positive and two negative reasons people move around the world.
positive - work, education, family, vacation, etc
negative - war, violence, disease, safety
Give 3 examples of positive HEI
planting trees, starting a garden, cleaning up litter, helping an animal, building a birdhouse, etc
What is absolute location?
an exact specific location
physical features describe the land/environment of an area (mountains, volcano, grasslands, forest, desert, etc)
Is the area below a region?
4 countries all speak Spanish. 4 countries all grow coffee as a crop. 4 countries all border the ocean.
Yes
How do ideas spread?
Through language and technology
Give 3 examples of negative HEI to get the points.
littering, pollution, burning fossil fuels, oil spills, chopping down trees, etc
Which type of location is described below?
This restaurant is located near Best Buy...its 20 minutes south of Target...it is in Seekonk.
Relative location
Give 3 examples of human features to get these points...
Human features are things that describe people.
Is the area below a region?
6 countries located in Africa. 6 countries have different physical features. 6 countries have different language and religion. 6 countries have different music types.
yes
What type of location is being described below?
This restaurant is located at 637 South Main Street in Fall River, it is located at 41*N and 55*W.
absolute location
Give 3 examples of physical features to get the points...
Physical Features are features that describe the earth/land
Is the area below a region?
5 countries have different languages. 5 countries have different religions. 5 countries eat different foods. 5 countries are located in Africa.
Yes