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| what are the 5 themes? | movement, regions, location, interaction (human-environment) and place |
| what is geograph? | the study of the world and all that is in it |
| What is location? | describes where places are on Earth |
| what types of location are there? | absolute and relative |
| what is absolute location? | specific place, doesn't change, a latitude and longitude coordinate, address |
| what is relative location? | where place is in relation to another place |
| give example of absolute location | Paris, France is 48 degree North Latitude and 2 degree East Longitude |
| Give example of ralative location | Rome is located near Mediterranean sea or Paris in on the Seine river, or Ambler is 149 miles from Washington DC |
| what is place? | it tells us what it is like there, and what kind of place it is. it is defined by its unique characteristics. |
| whate are two characteristics of a place? | physical and human |
| what are the physical characteristics of a place? | specific to that place mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, climat, vegeterion |
| what are the human characteristics of a place? | man-made or invented: cultures, languuages, religions, buidlings and landmarks, celebrations |
| give example of human characteristics | Mardi Gras in New Orelans, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC |
| give examople of physical characteristics | Amazon river - Brazil, summer temperature in Phila is about 88 degrees |
| What is human-environment interaciton ? | the environment and people are interconnected, how people depend on, adapt to, and modify their environment |
| How people depend on environment? | They depend on a river for example for water and transportation |
| How poeple modify the environment? | by heating and cooling buildings for comfort |
| how do people adapt to environment? | by wearing clothing suitable for summer and winter, rain and shine |
| What is movement? | how places are linked to one anothe and the world |
| whag kind of movements are there? | human, informationa and idea movment |
| Human movment is.. | by trucks, trains, plans |
| Information movemen is.. | by phones, computers, mail |
| idea movement is... | tv, radio, magazines |
| What is a region? | places that have something in common, has certain similar characteristics (can be physical, political, human, or cultural) |
| what are the unifying features of region? | Political and physical, functional and cultural |
| POlitical features of region | defined by government or administrative bounderies (states, countries, cities) |
| physical features of region | defined by similar charateristics (corn belt, rocky mountains region, Mississipu river Valley) |
| Functional features of region | defined by a function - newpaper service area, cellphone coverage area |
| Cultural features of region | Latin America, Bible Belt, the ghetto, Chinatown |
