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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| . What are the 5 themes of geography? | Location, place, region, movement, and human envirment interaction |
| Define PLACE (in relationship to the 5 themes of geography). | It describes the physical and human characteristics of any location on earth |
| What is the difference between human and physical characteristics? | Human characteristics is human activity over time and physical characteristics is the world around us |
| Define HUMAN-ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION (in relationship to the 5 themes of geography). | Interactions between humans and the evirment |
| Define MOVEMENT (in relationship to the 5 themes of geography). | When people trade goods, and ideas, and travel from one location to another |
| Define REGION (in relationship to the 5 themes of geography). | An area of land with features that are common |
| Define LOCATION (in relationship to the 5 themes of geography). | A place where a paticular thing is like a point |
| What is the difference between absolute and relative location? | Relative is where you describe where something is using something else to describe it and absolute is something that defines a particular place on earth |
| TRUE OR FALSE: Relative location refers to locating a place to other landmarks. | true |
| TRUE OR FALSE: Relative location will always stay the same based on its proximity (closeness) to other places. | false |
| . TRUE OR FALSE: A place’s relative location is “relative” based on other fixed locations. | true |
| Describing Connecticut as being located on the East Coast of the United States is an example of _____ location. | relative |
| Describing Connecticut as being bordered by Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island is an example of _____ location. | absolute |
| BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE 7 CONTINENTS AND 5 OCEANS! | Antarctica, Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and North America Southern Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean |
| The Equator is a line of _____ at 0 degrees. | Latitude |
| The Prime Meridian is a line of _____ at 0 degrees. | Longatiude |
| Half of the Earth is called a: | Hemasphere |
| The Earth is divided into 4 _________. | Hemispheres |
| List the Earth’s hemispheres. | Northern, eastern, western, southern |
| Which hemisphere(s) is the United States in? | the western hemisphere |
| Lines of latitude are DRAWN in which direction? | East to west |
| Line of longitude are DRAWN in which direction? | North to south |
| Lines of latitude are MEASURED in which direction? | east to west |
| Lines of longitude are MEASURED in which direction? | north to south |
| What are the differences between maps and globes? | Globes is world view and maps is in person view |
| What are the cardinal directions? | North, east, south, and west |
| What are the intermediate directions? | Northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest |
| What is the purpose of the map key? | to tell us what the symbols and colors are/mean |
| A tool that measures the relationship between the distance of locations on the map and the distance of locations in real life is called a: | map scale |
| A circle that shows the key directions on a map is called a: | Compass rose |
| 66 degrees North is called the: | Arctic circle |
| 66 degrees South is called the: | Antarctica circle |
| The Tropic of Cancer is at which degree of latitude? | 23.4394 degrees north |
| The Tropic of Capricorn is at which degree of latitude? | 23. 4394 degrees south |
| The Equator separates which hemispheres? | Northern and Southern |
| . The Prime Meridian and the International Date Line separate which hemispheres? | Eastern and Western |
| An imaginary line extending between the North Pole and the South Pole at 180 degrees longitude: | International date line |
| TRUE OR FALSE: The International Date Line goes around countries - it is not a straight line of longitude. | False |
| TRUE OR FALSE: The hours of sunlight and daylight at the equator are equal all year long. | true |
| . The majority of the International Date Line runs through which ocean? | The pacific ocean |
| Where is the Amazon Rainforest located? | South America |
| Approximately how much of South America is covered by the Amazon Rainforest? | 40 something percent |
| Rainforests are called the “lungs of the Earth” because of their role in | Earths atmosphere |
| . What is the main cause of land use conflict in the Amazon rainforest? | New-comers in the amazon rainforest |
| Which of group uses the rainforest in the most sustainable way? | Rubber tappers |
| What is a benefit of logging in the Amazon rainforest? | Because you can make fires and you could sell the wood for money and you can use for building materials and to make furniture |
| What is biodiversity? | Different types of life |
| Why is the Amazon rainforest a difficult place for settlers to farm in? | The bad soil and because of all the rain and storms |
| What can settlers in the Amazon basin do to promote sustainable development of the rainforest? | They plant crops and food |
| Which of the groups contributes the most to deforestation? | Loggers |
| How has Brazil’s government protected the rainforest from deforestation? | They made a rule where only rubber tapping is allowed |
| . "We use the land that has already been cleared and help feed people," is mostly likely to be said by which group? | Farmers |
| Finding ways to use resources without using them up is called: | Conservation |
| The removing of trees from a forest is called | Deforestation |
| What are the levels of the rainforest? | Understory, canopy, and forest floor |
| We have been here the longest, and our land and way of life should be protected," is likely to be said by which group? | Environmental groups |
| Which group came to the Amazon Rainforest in the 1960s because the government gave them land? | Native americans |
| We must stop deforestation before people all over the Earth suffer," is said by which group? | Envirmental groups |
| Trees seldom grow back when large areas of the rainforest are cleared. This helps which group? | Native people |
| The Amazon Rainforest stretches through which countries? | Brazil, bolivia, peru, ecuador, columbia, venezuela, and suriname |
| TRUE or FALSE: The entire Amazon Rainforest is a jungle. | False |
| What kind of rainforest is the Amazon? | What kind of rainforest is the Amazon? |
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