Geograpghy Quiz Flashcards
Define human environment interaction
It’s the way people influence the environment and how the environment influences the way we live.
Give examples of the way that people affect the environment (good, bad, or neutral)
Littering, pollution, recycling, cutting down forests
Give examples of the ways that environment affects the people.
Natural Wildfires, earthquake, drought, Storms
Define movement
Helps geographers understand the relationship among places
Give examples of some push factors
Persecution ,War, natural disasters
Give examples of some pull factors
Political, economic, Jobs
A person who is leaving a country by their own choice. A pull or push factor
imigrant
A person who is leaving a country to save a life
Refugees
A person who is coming into a country
Emigrant
Define a region
Areas that share some common characteristics
What can be used to group places into regions
Climate, jobs, landscape, languages
Give one example of a region in this world
The south east