Geography Theme and Skills

Question 1

Human-Environment Interaction

Answer 1

The ways in which people and places interact with and influence each other.

Question 2

Strait of Hormuz

Answer 2

A key physical feature in the Middle East that is a narrow stretch of water between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Question 3

Movement

Answer 3

How and why people move between areas.

Question 4

Place

Answer 4

Refers to the physical and human aspects of a specific area.

Question 5

Andes Mountains

Answer 5

One of two key physical features in South America, it is the longest mountain range in the world and the second highest range in the world.

Question 6

Mississippi River

Answer 6

A key physical feature of North America that runs from Minnesota into the Gulf of Mexico.

Question 7

Compass Rose

Answer 7

Symbol on a map that indicates the four cardinal directions: north, south, east and west, to orient the reader

Question 8

Alps Mountain Range

Answer 8

The key physical feature in Europe, this range runs from Austria to France.

Question 9

Situation

Answer 9

how a settlement relates to factors such as available building resources, water supply, food supply, roads, and available natural resources for consumption

Question 10

Region

Answer 10

A collection of different places that have one or more unifying characteristics.

Question 11

Absolute Location

Answer 11

the location of a given point that does not require another frame of reference. Absolute locations include coordinates or addresses while relative locations describe a point’s location in relation to another point.

Question 12

Prime Meridian

Answer 12

The center line of longitude that divides the Earth into an eastern and western hemisphere

Question 13

Himalaya Mountains

Answer 13

One of the key physical features in Asia, they are the tallest mountains in the world a

Question 14

Relative Location

Answer 14

describes a place’s location relative to another place. Relative locations can be helpful but require knowledge of the base location in order to understand the direction.

Question 15

Amazon River

Answer 15

One of two key physical features in South America, it is the second longest river in the world,

Question 16

Ural Mountains

Answer 16

Mountain range that divides continental Europe from Asia.

Question 17

Gobi Desert

Answer 17

One of the key physical features in Asia, it is the fifth largest desert in the world,

Question 18

Latitude

Answer 18

The horizontal lines of the grid system that measure distance above and below the Equator

Question 19

International Date Line

Answer 19

The longitudinal line (180 degrees) that separates two consecutive dates

Question 20

Sahara Desert

Answer 20

The key physical feature in Africa, that is the largest hot desert in the world and covers most of northern Africa.

Question 21

Appalachian Mountains

Answer 21

A mountain range running vertically in Eastern North America and that serves as one of the key physical features of NA.

Question 22

Rocky Mountains

Answer 22

A 3000 mile mountain range stretching from British Columbia in Canada to New Mexico, and are the tallest mountains in North America.

Question 23

Functional Regions

Answer 23

A region based on a shared service or purpose

Zip Code Regions

Question 24

Longitude

Answer 24

The vertical lines of the grid system that converge at both poles and measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian

Question 25

Transition Zones

Answer 25

areas which exhibit characteristics similar to multiple regions around it

US-Mexico border

Question 26

Fertile Crescent

Answer 26

A crescent-shaped area from the Mediterranean Sea on the West to the Persian Gulf on the East and that contained extremely fertile soil. Some of the first agricultural communities were settled there and it is sometimes referred to as “The Cradle of Civilization.”

Question 27

Site

Answer 27

the physical setting of a settlement

on the riverbank