Unit 1 Review

5 Themes

100

Place is a theme of Geography. What are the 2 characteristics used to describe a place?

Human & Physical

200

Location is a theme of geography. Name 2 types of locations.

Absolute & Relative

300

This theme of geography involves push and pull factors. 

Movement

400

This theme of geography is when places are grouped together because they have features in common. 

Region

500

Human environment interaction is how humans adapt to their surroundings and modify the environment. Give an example of how we adapt and how we modify. 

(Various Answers)

Adapt - I take another way to school in the morning because the road is closed. 

Modify - The company tore down the forest to put a mall there. 

Government

100

Which type of government (limited/unlimited) does not have complete control over its citizens? 

Limited

200

Which type of government has complete control over its citizens?

Unlimited

300

Describe a democracy. 

Citizens vote on elected officials. Citizens have rights. 

400

This type of government has one person in charge with complete control over the citizens. Citizens have little to no rights. 

Dictatorship

500

In England, they have a Constitutional Monarchy where the queen is just a figure and has no actual power. Is this Limited or Unlimited government?

Limited

Culture

100

Name 3 elements of a culture.

• Language

• Customs and Traditions

• Arts

• Innovation & Technology

• Religion

• Social Organization

• History

200

Which cultural element is how people communicate?

Language

300

Which cultural element answers basic questions about the meaning and purpose of life.

Religion

400

Give 1 example of a social organization. 

Club

Team

Communities

Religions

Economic Class

500

What is Culture?

The study of people and the land around them!

Maps

100

These lines run left to right, horizontal, or east and west on a map. 

Latitude

200

These lines run up and down, vertical, or north and south on a map.

Longitude

300

The ________ is the middle line on Earth, dividing the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere. 

Equator

400

Name the 7 continents.

North America

South America

Africa

Antarctica 

Australia

Europe

Asia

500

Name the 5 oceans.

Atlantic

Pacific

Southern

Indian

Arctic

Examples

100

Give an example of a push factor. 

Anything negative that would make someone WANT to move AWAY.

200

Give an example of a pull factor. 

Anything positive that would make a person WANT to move TO that place. 

300

Give an example of an absolute location.

Coordinates

Latitude and Longitude

Address

400

Give an example of a Relative location. 

The school is close to the Walmart. 

The Starbucks is close to the mall.

500

Give an example of a kind of UNlimited government.

Dictatorship

Communism

Monarchy

Oligarchy