Section 1
Push Or Pull Factor?
Poverty
Push Factor
True or False
29.45'N, 95.21'W is the Absolute Location of Dean Middle School.
False Coordinates
Turn to question 3.
What can you conclude about this image?
A. Rural Farmland and ranch land
9. Migration is a result of _____________________________ factors. When people move, they always move for different reasons.
Push Pull Factors
Define Transportation Corridor
A physical feature that makes the trade of goods & transportation EASIER
Push or Pull Factor?
Safety
Pull Factory
True or False.
The Himalayan Mountains keep Bhutan isolated from global markets. The Himalayas act as a Transportation Corridor.
False They act as a Transportation Barrier
"In Japan and California, engineers have started building structures that are more flexible. It is like a paperclip: you can bend it, and at some point it gives way but it doesn’t break. And you can bend it over and it will stay in that misplaced shape."
This excerpt describes an example of _______.
B. Human Environment Interaction
10. _________________ are geographic features and an example of a transportation Corridor.
Rivers
Define Transportation Barrier
A physical feature that makes the trade of goods & transportation HARDER
Push or Pull Factor?
Opportunity
Pull Factor
True or False.
Poverty, Unemployment, War, Crime are all Pull Factors. This would make people want to move.
False Push Factors
"Interactions between people and their environment occur because people depend on and adapt to the world around them. Human changes can help and hurt the environment. For example, burning rainforest land in South America can decrease the world’s oxygen supply."
5.__________________________ would be a good title for this excerpt.
B. Human Environment Interaction
11. ________________ is a pull factor for immigrants moving to the U.S.
Job Opportunities
Push or Pull Factor?
Disasters
Push Factors
True or False.
A water treatment facility is an example of an Infrastructure.
True
El Paso is located in the Chihuahuan Desert of extreme western Texas, along the Rio Grande River. It adjoins both the state of New Mexico and the country of Mexico with the Franklin Mountains, the southern tip of the Rockies, slicing El Paso nearly in two.
Highlight or underline the geographic features described in this excerpt.
Chihuahuan Desert
Rio Grande River
Franklin Mountains
Rockies
12. People spending millions of dollars cleaning Debris From Hurricane Ike is an example of __________________.
Human Environment Interaction
Push or Pull Factor?
Freedom
Pull Factors
8. How does geography influence the economic development of an area?
D. Natural resources and climate determine job opportunities.
7. What is the best title for this list above?
Airports
Canals
Highways
Rivers
A. Transportation Corridors
13. Language, religion, and common economic activities are shared by a people in an area is an example of ____________________________________
Culture