1st Quarter Geography

Question 0

What is Relative Location? - one of the five themes of geography

Answer 0

Describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to another place.
Colorado borders Utah
California is west of Nevada

Question 1

What is Absolute Location? - one of the five themes of geography

Answer 1

Definite reference to locate a place
Latitude and longitude
Street address

Question 2

What is Place? - one of the five themes of geography
What is Human characteristics?
What is Physical characteristics?

Answer 2

Describes the human and physical characteristics of a location
Physical: includes a description with such things as mountains, rivers, beaches, and animal and plant life of a place
Human: human-designed cultural features of a place, from land use and architecture to forms of livelihood and religion to food and folk ways to transportation and communication

Question 3

What is Human - Environment Interaction? - one of the five things of geography

Answer 3

Considers how humans adapt to and modify the environment - humans shape the landscape through their interaction with the land; positively and negatively

Question 4

What is Movement? - one of the five themes of geography

Answer 4

Humans move, a lot. In addition, ideas, fads, goods, resources, and communication all travel distances. This theme studies movement and migration across the planet.

Question 5

What is Region? - one of the five themes of geography

Answer 5

Divides the world into manageable units for geographic study. Regions have some sort of characteristics that unifies the area. Can be formal, functional, or vernacular.

Question 6

What is Formal Region? - one of the three Regions of the five themes of geography

Answer 6

Those that are designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries. They are clearly indicated and publicly known.

Question 7

What is Functional Region? - one of the three Regions of the five themes of geography

Answer 7

Defined by their connections. Example: the circulation area of a major city area is the functional region

Question 8

What is Vernacular Region? - one of the three Regions of the five themes of geography

Answer 8

Are perceived regions, such as “The South”, “The Midwest”, or the “Middle East”. They have no formal boundaries, bit are understood in our mental maps of the world