Movement
What does movement describe?
The movement of people, goods, and ideas.
What is a region?
An area that has one or more characteristics in common.
What does human-environment interaction describe?
How people interact with and change the environment.
What does location tell us about a place?
Where a place is located.
What does place describe?
The physical and human characteristics of a location.
What is one example of people moving from one place to another?
Migration.
What is one characteristic that can define a region?
Climate, culture, language, or physical features.
What is one way people use the environment?
Farming, fishing, mining, or building.
What are the two types of location?
Absolute location and relative location.
Name one physical characteristic of a place.
Mountains, rivers, climate, or landforms.
Why might people move to a new place?
For jobs, safety, education, or better opportunities.
What type of region is based on a shared physical characteristic, such as climate?
A physical region.
How can the environment affect where people live?
People often settle where there is water, fertile land, or a favorable climate.
What geographic tool uses latitude and longitude to identify an exact location?
Coordinates.
Name one human characteristic of a place.
Language, religion, population, buildings, or culture.
Besides people, what are two other things that can move between places?
Goods and ideas.
How can culture help define a region?
People in a region may share language, religion, traditions, or customs.
Give one example of how people change the environment.
People build dams, roads, cities, or farms.
What type of location describes where a place is compared to another place?
Relative location.
How are physical and human characteristics different?
Physical characteristics come from nature; human characteristics come from people.
How can the movement of people and ideas change a place?
It can introduce new cultures, languages, foods, technologies, and traditions.
Why can one place belong to more than one region?
A place can share different characteristics with different regions.
Why might people change the environment even when there are negative effects?
hey may need resources, food, transportation, homes, or jobs.
How can a country's location near water affect its trade with other countries?
Being near oceans, rivers, or other countries can make transportation and trade easier.
How can people change the characteristics of a place over time?
People can build cities, roads, farms, and other structures that change the environment.