Five Themes
Latit/Long
WA Regions
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
100
The physical and human characteristic of a location
What is place
100
0 degrees latitude
What is the equator.
100
I include Lake Chelan, Mount Rainier, and the city of Leavenworth
What is the Cascade Region
100
The study of the earth and the location and activities of the people, plants, and animals that live on it.
What is Geography.
100
Relating to electricity produced by water
What is hydro electric power.
200
The transport of goods, ideas, and people from one place to another
What is movement
200
0 degrees longitude
What is the prime meridan.
200
I include the Rocky Mountains, Kettle Falls, and the city of Deer Park.
What is the Rocky Mountain Region
200
Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, trees
What is physical features
200
land isoslated from other places
What is hinterland
300
The relative and absolute location of a place
What is location
300
The number of degrees of lines of latitude around the earth.
What is 180 degrees.
300
I include Grays Harbor, Lake Ozette, and the city of Aberdeen.
What is the Coastal Range Region
300
Dams, roads, houses
What is human characteristics.
300
having definite limits
What is finite
400
An area defined by physical or political characteristics
What is a region
400
Lines of latitude divide the earth into ____ and______ hemispheres.
What is northern and southern.
400
I include San Juan Islands, Lake Whatcom, and the city of Olympia.
What is the Puget Sound Lowland Region.
400
Causing fear or dread
What is formidable
400
having to do with selling
What is commerical
500
When people interact or change their sorrundings
What is human/environment interaction
500
The distance in miles around the earth.
What is 21,600 miles.
500
I include the Columbia River, Palouse, and the city of Pullman.
What is the Columbia Plateau Region.
500
not extremely hot or cold
What is temperate
500
where a river starts
What is headwaters