The Five Themes
Giving someone an address is an example of this.
What is absolute location?
A piece of land that is surrounded by water
What is an island?
Land that steeply rises much higher than the land around it.
What is a mountain?
This is the centermost part of the earth.
What is the inner core?
Latitude lines measure distances north and south of this.
What is the equator?
Meet me at the Dairy Queen next to Taco Bell is an example of this.
What is relative location?
A row of mountains joined together
What is a mountain range?
A large, flat land area
What is a plain?
This layer of the earth is made up of huge, plate-like sections.
Longitude lines measure distances east and west of this.
What is the Prime Meridian?
Three examples of human characteristics of a location.
A body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water and generally larger than a cape
What is a peninsula?
A large area of raised land where the highest elevation is generally the same, but may have deep valleys
That is a plateau?
This is a shaking or sudden movement in the plates.
What is any body of water?
Wearing a coat in the winter is an example of adapting to your environment. This is an example of what theme of geography?
What is Human Environmental Interaction (HEI)
An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation
What is a canal?
A sheltered body of water where ships can safely anchor
What is a harbor?
These mountains are formed when lava rises through the crust.
What are volcanoes?
This is the part of the Earth where life is found.
What is the Biosphere?
These things are common in a region.
What are language, religion, customs, ect?
Narrow, U-shaped coastal valley with steep sides formed by the action of glaciers
What is a fjord?
A narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas
What is an isthmus?
What are the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust?
These are the 7 continents.
What are North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Antarctica?