Location
What do geographers use to describe exactly where a place is on Earth?
Absolute location (e.g. latitude and longitude).
What are the two types of characteristics used to describe a place?
Physical and human characteristics.
What is a region in geography?
An area that shares one or more common characteristics.
What does HEI stand for in geography?
Human–Environment Interaction.
What is the name of the symbol on a map that shows north, south, east and west?
Compass rose.
What is the name of the imaginary line at 0° latitude?
The Equator.
Is a mountain a physical or human characteristic?
Physical
Which continent is Brazil located in?
South America.
People grow crops using water from a nearby river. Are they depending on, adapting to or modifying the environment?
Depending on the environment.
Which type of map would you use to identify countries and their borders?
Political map.
A country is south of the Equator. Which hemisphere is it in?
Southern Hemisphere.
Name two examples of human characteristics of a place.
Examples include buildings, roads, languages, religions and population.
Name two characteristics that geographers might use to group places into regions.
Examples: climate, language, religion, landforms or culture.
People build a dam across a river. How are they interacting with the environment?
They are modifying (changing) the environment.
What is the difference between lines of latitude and lines of longitude?
Latitude lines run east–west and measure north/south; longitude lines run north–south and measure east/west.
What is the difference between absolute location and relative location?
Absolute location gives an exact position; relative location describes where a place is compared with other places.
A city has tall skyscrapers, busy roads and a river running through it. Identify one physical and two human characteristics.
Physical: river. Human: skyscrapers and roads.
Two countries are on different continents but both have hot, dry climates. Could they belong to the same type of region? Explain.
Yes. Regions can be based on shared characteristics, such as desert climate, rather than being next to each other.
People in a very hot country design houses with thick walls to keep them cool. Which type of HEI does this demonstrate, and why?
Adapting to the environment, because they change how they live to cope with the climate.
You are looking at a map showing mountains, rivers and elevation. What type of map would be most useful?
A physical map.
A city is located at 35°N, 140°E. Explain what each coordinate tells us.
35°N means 35 degrees north of the Equator; 140°E means 140 degrees east of the Prime Meridian.
Two cities are at the same latitude, but one has tall buildings and busy streets while the other has farms and forests. Explain how the theme of Place helps us understand their differences.
Place describes the unique physical and human characteristics of each location, not just its coordinates.
Explain how one country could belong to several different regions at the same time. Give examples.
A country can belong to a continental region, a climate region and a cultural or language region simultaneously.
A community cuts down a forest to build houses. Explain one benefit for people and one possible negative impact on the environment.
Benefit: provides housing. Negative impact: destroys habitats, reduces biodiversity or increases erosion.
A location is at 0° latitude and 0° longitude. Which two important imaginary lines meet at this point, and which hemispheres does it border?
The Equator and the Prime Meridian. This point is where the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Hemispheres meet.