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Movement
Regions
Human Environment Interaction
Location
Place
100
Knowing the primary form of transportation can tell you what about a region?
It can tell you about population size, economy, or how well a country is developed.
100
List two examples of a formal region.
Countries, states, cities, corn belt, and the Rocky Mt. Range.
100
What does "interaction" mean?
Working with or having an effect on something.
100
What does location mean?
The exact place on Earth it is.
100
What are the two ways to characterize a place?
Physical characteristics and human characteristics.
200
Name three of the four different movements that can be observed in a region
Movement of humans, goods, ideas, and information.
200
Formal regions can also be identified by what?
Physical characteristics.
200
What are the three ways humans interact with the environment?
Dependence, modification, and adaption.
200
What are the two ways a person can describe location?
Absolute and Relative
200
List 3 examples of physical characteristics.
Landforms, climate, animals.
300
Why might you study the import or export of goods in a particular region?
To determine whether a region relies on other regions or if other regions rely on them.
300
What are some examples of functional regions?
Cell phone coverage, mail delivery area, ect.
300
Give an example of how humans depend on the environment.
Food, shelter, clean water, fuel, etc.
300
What does Latitude mean?
It is the angular distance of a place North or South of the Earth's equator.
300
List 3 examples of human characteristics.
Land use, industry, political systems, language, religion
400
What is the fourth theme of geography?
Movement.
400
Define vernacular regions.
Regions defined by people's perceptions.
400
Give an example of how humans modify the environment.
Build roads, build houses, clear forests for homes, till prairie for farmland, etc.
400
Give the relative location of Sioux Falls.
North of Sioux City, near Big Sioux River, etc.
400
Describe Sioux Falls' physical characteristics.
River, Plains, 4 seasons.
500
What are the different ways that people share information?
Phone, mail, email, and internet.
500
What is an example of a vernacular region?
The South, Midwest, ect.
500
Give an example of how humans adapt to the environment.
Air conditioning, heating homes, wearing weather-appropriate clothing, moving, etc.
500
What is Sioux Falls' absolute location?
43 N 96 W
500
Describe Sioux Falls' human characteristics.
Farmland, democracy, many languages, etc