Location
two types of location
What are absolute and relative?
physical and human characteristics
What are two ways that place can be described?
Human Environment Interaction
What is how people interact with their environment?
definition of the theme movement
What is how goods, ideas, and people move?
Regions are areas that share common characteristics.
What is the definition of region?
relative location
What is where a place is in relation to another place?
mountains, rivers, oceans
What are examples of physical characteristics?
adapt, modify, and depend on
How do humans interact with their environment?
cars, buses, bikes, trains, planes
How do people move from one place to another?
mountain states, the southwest
What is an example of region?
absolute location
What is a specific place on the Earth's surface?
the Colorado River
What is a physical characteristic in Colorado?
food, minerals, gold, clothing
What is an example of humans depending of their environment?
trains, ships, planes, semi-trucks
How do goods travel from one place to another?
What does Grand Junction have in common with Delta?
relative location of Bookcliff Middle School
What is...?
the Eiffel Tower
What is a human characteristic?
an igloo, sunglasses, a fan, a warm coat
What is an example of adapting to our environment?
computer, cell-phone, radio, tv
How do ideas travel from one place to another?
West
Which region is Colorado in?
39°N,108°W
What is absolute location of Grand Junction, CO?
Name a place in Grand Junction, CO.
What is ... ?
a tunnel, a dam, growing crops
What is an example of modifying the environment?
ideas
What is watching the news on t.v. an example of moving what?
Scandinavia