Map Skills
Push/Pull Factors and Infrastructure
Population Pyramids/ HEI
Transportation Corridors/Barriers and Misc
100
1. What are lines of latitude?
Imaginary lines that run laterally from West to East or East to West of the globe.
100
7. Give examples of push factors that make people leave their homes.
Unemployment, disasters, bad economy, crime, bad climate.
100
3. How do you analyze a population pyramid?
The purpose of a population pyramid is to determine what services are necessary for an area based on ages and genders of a population.
100
6. What are the benefits of Transportation Corridors?
They allow easy movement among people and products.
200
2. What are the cardinal directions?
North, South, West, East
200
8. Give examples of pull factors that attract people to a new place like Houston.
Employment opportunities, housing costs, educational opportunities, medical care, water treatment facilities, roads, freeways, sewer lines, electricity, airports.
200
4. What does an expansive pyramid tell about a certain population?
To determine what government services would most likely be in high demand for the younger population.
200
12/18. Examples of Transportation Corridors are:
Airports, canals, highways, rivers.
300
5. Which continent is located at 50N, 25E?
Europe
300
16. Give an example of an Immigration Push Factor.
Poverty, war, famine, unemployment, disasters, starvation, bad economy, crime, bad climate, lack of freedom.
300
9. Give examples of how humans can interact with the environment.
Plant trees, recycle plastic, stop pollution by preserving resources.
300
17. What are some examples of Transportation Barriers?
Mountains, deserts, walls
400
14. What is the purpose of the lines of latitude and longitude?
To determine the exact or absolute location of a place.
400
19. Give examples of some infrastructure in Houston.
Water treatment facilities, roads, freeways, sewer lines, electricity, airports
400
13. Give an example of a positive human environment interaction.
Dig a tunnel through the mountain, plant trees, clean up debris in the ocean.
400
11. Give examples of geographic features on Earth.
Oceans, rivers, mountains, weather, climate, deserts.
500
20. What are the 7 continents of the world?
500
10. When humans modify their lifestyles to better fit in with the environment such as building stronger houses in earthquake areas, this is an example of what?
Human Environment Interaction (HEI)
500
15. What do we use a population density map for?
To know whether a place is overcrowded or sparsely populated.