Intro

Question 1

The position or place of a certain item on the surface of Earth as expressed in degrees, minutes, & seconds of latitude, 0 degrees to 90 degrees north or south of the equator, and longitude, 0 degrees to 180 degrees east or west of the prime meridian passing through Greenwich, England (a suburb of London)

Answer 1

Absolute location

Question 2

The long-term conditions (over at least 30 years) of aggregate weather over a region, summarized by averages & measures of variability; a synthesis of the succession of weather events we have learned to expect at any given location

Answer 2

Climate

Question 3

The slow movement of continents controlled by the processes associated with plate tectonics

Answer 3

Continental drift

Question 4

A term with several connotations; the center, heart or focus. The core area of a nation-state is constituted by the national heartland, the largest population cluster, the most productive region, and the part of the country with the greatest centrality and accessibility - probably containing the capital city as well.

Answer 4

Core area

Question 5

The forms and artifacts sequentially placed on the natural landscape by the activities of various human occupants. By this progressive imprinting of the human presence, the physical (natural) landscape is modified into the cultural landscape, forming an interacting unity between the two.

Answer 5

Cultural landscape