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Human geography voca
9TH HONORS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY VOCAB 087/17/23
Question | Answer |
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Where you are | location |
latitude and longitude or street adress. (Ex) "The white house is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Drive." | absolute location |
North/South | Lattitude |
East/West | longitude |
Described by landmarks time or distance from one place to another. (Ex) "go 1 mile west on main street and turn left for one block." | relative location |
what is it like there? what kind of place is it? (human characteristics) what are the main customs and beliefs. How many people live, work, and visit a place. | place |
Landforms like mountains, rivers, climate, vegetation, wildlife, oil etc. | Physical characteristics |
how humans interact with the environment. | Human environment interaction |
we D______ on the environment. We m___________ it and we a_______ to it. | depend, modify, adapt |
people depending on the Tennessee river for water is example of what? | We depend on the environment. |
heating and cooling buildings for comfort is an example of: | we modify the environment. |
wearing clothes that suit the weather is an example of: | We adapt to the environment. |
how goods, people and ideas are moved from one place to another. | movement |
Ex: trucks, trains, planes etc. | human movement |
Ex: planes, computer email, mail etc. | information movement |
Ex: Tv, radio, magazines | idea movement |
regions defined by governmental or administrative boundaries. (has a mayor/governor) EX: states, countries and cities | formal regions |
cornbelt, Rocky mountain region and china town are: | Regions defined by similar characteristics. |
regions defined by a function: Ex: newspaper service area, cell phone coverage | functional regions |
Regions defined by people's perception. No specific boundaries. | vernacular regions |
Movement, Regions, Human environment interaction, location, place | M. R. H.E.L.P. (five themes of geography) |