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Unit 1 Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is "absolute location?" | an exact spot on the earth. (Located by using lines of latitude and longitude) |
| What is "relative location?" | relative location tells where a place is compared with one or more other places. (North Dakota is south of Canada.) |
| How do you "physically" describe a place? | by describing its landforms, climate and plant life |
| How do you "culturally" describe a place? | by identifying the language, religion, archetecture, etc... of it's people. |
| Describe Human-Environment Interaction. | How the relationship between people and their surroundings influences the way they live. It shows how people use the environment and how that use affects the environment. |
| A line of latitude runs in what direction? | east to west |
| What is a region | An area that shares certain characteristics. |
| Identify and describe two types of regions. | Physical (climate, geographical features, etc) and Cultural (language, religion, etc) |
| Study the US Landforms map in your folder | See folder |
| Where are the Coastal Plains in the US? | The Atlantic Coastal Plains along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf Coastal Plains along the Gulf of Mexico |
| Which mountain range is near the Atlantic Ocian? | The Appalachian Mountains |
| Be able to identify examples of each of the 5 Themes of Geography | Example: Which theme of Geography explains why many homes in Arizona have flat roofs while most homes in Louisiana are pitched? -Human-environment interaction |
| A smaller river that flows into a larger river. | a tributary |
| When moving WEST across the US, do you add an hour or subtract an hour as you cross time zone borders? | subtract. Example: if it is 4pm in Watson, it is 3pm in Denver and 2 pm in San Francisco |
| When moving EAST across the US, do you add an hour or subtract an hour as you cross time zone borders? | add. Example: if it is 2 pm in Denver it is 3 pm in Watson and 4 pm in New York. |
| Be able to identify borders, regions, rivers and cities on a map of Louisiana | see map in your Unit folder |
| What climate zone experiences cold, moist winters and long hot summers? | Humid-Continental |
| What climate zone experiences mild winters and long, hot, humid summers? | Humid sub-tropical |
| What climate zone experiences high amounts of annual rainfall and is located along the North West coast of the US | Marine |
| What climate zone experiences dry, warm summers and rainy, mild winters. (Southern California) | Mediterranean |
| What climate zone is very hot and very dry? (southwestern US) | desert |
| What climate zone has cold winters and hot, dry summers? (Great Plains and lower Rockies) | Steppe |
| What climate is cold year round because of the elevation... not the latitude? | Highland |
| As a trend, early civilizations grew up along ______________. | rivers |
| As technology increases, settlement patterns do what? | Expand to previously uninhabitable environments. (Example: the steel plow increased settlement in the Great Plains because it was strong enough to break through the thick sod of the prairies.) |
| What is 0 degrees longitude? | the Prime Meridian |
| List the seven continents | North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica |
| Be able to identify the four hemispheres on a map. | |
| Negative examples of Human-Environment interaction... | Pollution, deforestation, etc.. |
| Positive examples of Human-Environment interaction... | Recycling, farming, irrigation, conservation, etc... |
| The average weather over a period of time is... | climate |
| What do marshes and the Great Plains have in common? | grassy |
| What does a topographical map show? | land elevation (Height above sea-level) |
| What does it mean when the lines of a topographical map are close together? | there is a steep slope to the land |
| The point at which a river meets the sea and deposits of silt form land. | delta |
| What is the best map to use when showing the population distribution of a country? | Density map |
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