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| Waht are the five themes of geography? | location, place, region, movement, and human envirionment. |
| Location describes where a place in located in | space. |
| Absolute location is | the exact spot on Earth where a place is found. |
| Geographers locate places on earth using | imaginary lines: latitude and longitude lines. |
| What is latitude? | Lines parallel to the equator; shoe distance from the N & S of the Equator. |
| What is longitude? | Lines between the N and S poles; show distances east and west of the prime meridian. |
| What is relative location? | Is where a place is in relation to other places. |
| What are the physical characteristics of a "Place?" | Climate, landform, bodies of water, plant and animal life. |
| What are human characteristics of an area? | Cities, towns, governments, culture, and traditions. |
| How do places change? | Dramatic changes on Earth-earthquakes, hurricanes; slower changes-glacial movement forms deltas. |
| What are the common chacteristics of a region? | Common physical features, common human characteristics. |
| Why do geographers coompare regions? | To understand differences and similarities. |
| How many natural regions does the world have? | ten |
| Natural regions have | unique climate; combination of plant and animal life. |
| People, goods, ideas, plants, animals, and physical features all | move. |
| What does migrant mean? | To move from one place and settle in another. |
| Why do people migrate? | poverty, over crowding, lack of work, war, and political oppression. |
| What pulls people to an area? | employement, education, rights, freedom, and peace. |
| What are geography barriers? | Mountain ranges, canyons, non-navigable rivers, oceans, lakes. |
| What makes migration easier? | flat land, oceans, lakes, navigable rivers, and modern transportation. |
| The Earth is a | unified system. |
| Humans ______ their environment. | depend on, adapt to, or modify |
| Environment influences | human life. |
| What types of environmental interaction can be harmful? | Hurricanes and earthquakes. |
| Humans often adapt their way of ____ to the local environment. | life |
| How do people adapt to their new environment? | learn to fish near water, farm on fertile land, build dwelling (homes) using local mateial; wear clothing suitble for local conditions. |
| People _________ with the environment through everything they do? | interact |
