6 Essential Elements
This location term is described with coordinates and street addresses.
What is Absolute Location?
Like volcanoes, these landforms erupt but with steam and hot water rather than lava.
What are geysers?
These lines are also called parallels and split the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is Latitude?
This is the number of aspects of culture that we studied in class.
What is 8?
Paraguay and Bolivia are examples of this type of country.
What is Landlocked?
Interpreting the past, studying the present, and planning for the future.
What are the Uses of Geography?
Canyons are formed by erosion caused by these.
What are Rivers?
This lets the reader know the purpose of the map.
What is the Title?
This aspect of culture is passed down from generations and determines how we celebrate milestones.
What is Tradition?
This word is used to describe someone who has ties to Latin America, but not Brazil.
What is Hispanic?
Earthquakes, storms, and volcanoes are all examples of this these systems.
What are Physical Systems?
Florida is an example of this landform, surrounded by water on three sides.
What is Peninsula?
Cardinal directions (North, South, East, and West) and the compass rose are associated with this part of TODALS.
What is Orientation?
A version of a language that is specific to a group of people or region.
What is Dialect?
Many people in Latin America follow this religion.
What is Catholicism?
An area that has similar characteristics and may or may not have fixed boundaries.
What is Region?
From smallest to largest, these 3 landforms are all bodies of water that are partially surrounded by land.
What is a Cove, a Bay, and Gulf?
This line sits at 0° Longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
This is the most important factor in determining culture.
What is religion?
These are located around big cities and are often described as crowded and colorful.
What are Favelas?
The movement of people, ways of life, and trade.
What are Human Systems?
This landform is where two mountain peaks reach a low point and create a pass.
What is a Col?
The formal word for a map maker.
What is Cartographer?
This type of culture is what you would get from your ancestors or DNA.
What is Ethnic Culture?
Someone who goes on guided tours of natural places and unique environments would be called this.
What is an Ecotourist?