GEOGRAPHY TERMS
A body of land surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
North, South, East, West
What are the cardinal directions?
mountains, plants, animals, climate
What are four characteristics of a Place?
to move into a country for the purpose of staying there
What is immigrate?
a body of water completely surrounded by land
What is a lake?
A large group of islands
What is an archipelago?
Uses landmarks and points of interest
What is relative location?
architecture, canals, government
What are three human characteristics of a Place?
Natural disasters, famine, war
What are examples of push factors?
an area that shares physical and/or human characteristics with another place
What is a region?
A narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water
What is a strait?
Divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres
What is the Prime Meridian?
destroying animal habitats, pollution
What are some negative effects of Human/Environment interaction?
job opportunities, family, climate
What are examples of Pull factors?
The name of Alfred Wegener's theory
What is the Continental Drift Theory?
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land
What is an isthmus?
Measures distance north or south of the equator
What are lines of latitude?
raw materials, jobs, building community
What are some positive effects of Human/Environment interaction?
Islam, Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox
What is a Religion Region?
Greek term for "entire earth"
What is Pangea or Pagaea?
A stream of water that flows through the land and empties into a larger body of water
What is a river?
These lines are also called parallels
What are lines of latitude?
the two questions that go along with Themes 2 and 3
What are "What is it like there?" for Place and "What is the relationship between people and the environment?" for Human/Environment interaction
Media, political leaders, missionaries
What are things that influence change or expansion of a region?
made of compressed tropical plants
What is bituminous coal?