Unit 1

Question 1

Absolute location

Answer 1

The exact spot on earth where something is found

Question 2

Relative location

Answer 2

The position of a place in relation to other places

Question 3

Hemisphere

Answer 3

Half the globe. The globe can be divided into northern and Southern Hemispheres or into eastern and Western Hemisphere

Question 4

We live in what hemisphere

Answer 4

Northern west

Question 5

Place

Answer 5

A particular space with physical and human meaning

Question 6

Human environment interaction

Answer 6

People are constantly interacting with their surroundings

Question 7

Movement

Answer 7

The movement of people, goods, and ideas called spatial interaction

Question 8

Region

Answer 8

An area defined by common characteristics

Question 9

Types of regions

Answer 9

Formal/uniform and functional/nodal

Question 10

Equinox

Answer 10

“Equal Night” daylight and nighttime hours are equal. The beginning of spring and fall

Question 11

Natural resources

Answer 11

Materials that come from earth that can be used to produce other goods and services

Question 12

Renewable resources

Answer 12

Resource that can be replaced by earths natural processes

Question 13

Non renewable resources

Answer 13

Resource that can or be replaced by earths natural processes or is replaced extremely slowly

Question 14

Fossil fuel

Answer 14

A fuel that may have been formed from the remains of prehistoric plants and animals

Question 15

Climate

Answer 15

A term for weather patterns that an area typically experiences for a long period of time

Question 16

Temperature

Answer 16

The measure of how hot or cold a place is

Question 17

Tropic of Cancer

Answer 17

Located latitude 23.5° N. It is the northernmost point of earth to receive direct rays of sun

Question 18

Tropic of Capricorn

Answer 18

Southernmost exposure of the suns direct rays (23.5°S)

Question 19

Revolution

Answer 19

Trip around the sun. For earth it is in one year

Question 20

Push factor

Answer 20

Something that causes a person to leave place

Question 21

Pull factor

Answer 21

Something that causes a person to go to place

Question 22

4 push factors

Answer 22

• property
• flooding
• war
• no job

Question 23

4 pull factors

Answer 23

• more wealth
• better climate
• political stability
• educational opportunities

Question 24

Axis

Answer 24

An imaginary line running from the North Pole to the South Pole, through the center of the earth. Tilted 23.5°.

Question 25

Solstice

Answer 25

Longest day of sunlight. Beginning of summer

Question 26

Elements of a good map

Answer 26

• date
• orientation - legend or key
• grid scale - source
• title
• author
• index

Question 27

Greenhouse effect

Answer 27

The capacity of certain gases in the atmosphere to trap heat, thereby warming the earth

Question 28

Weather

Answer 28

The condition of the atmosphere in one place during a limited period of time