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Human geography un 1
unit 1 human geography test study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does MR. HELP stand for? | Movement, region, human environment interaction, location, place |
| what are the three types of movement? | Human movement, idea movement, information movement. |
| what is one way information moves? | |
| what is one way ideas move? | magazines |
| what is one way people move? | cars |
| what are regions? | places defined by similar characteristics. |
| what are the three types of regions? | Formal regions, functional regions, and vernacular regions |
| what is an example of a formal region? | states |
| what is an example of a functional region? | newspaper service area. |
| What is an example of a vernacular region? | middle east |
| What is Human environment interaction? | How humans interact with the environment. |
| what are 3 ways that we interact with the enviornment? | We modify it, we adapt it, and we depend on it. |
| what is location? | where you are |
| what are the two types of location? | absolute location and relative location. |
| what is relative location? | location described by landmarks in time or distance. |
| Go one mile west on main street and turn left for one block." This is an example of ___________ location. | relative |
| what is absolute location? | longitude and latitude or street adress of a location. |
| "the white house is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Drive." This is an example of ________ location. | absolute |
| North/south | latitude |
| East/west | longitude |
| an imaginary line in the middle (longitude) of the earth | prime meridian |
| an imaginary line in the middle (latitude) of the earth | equator |
| a particular location, region or center of population. | place |
| human and physical characteristics are both characteristics of _____. | place |
| the main languages and beliefs: | human characteristics |
| rivers and climate | physical characteristics |
| a list of symbols that appear on a map. | lengend |
| what is a north indicator on a map? | points toward the North pole |
| what are important elements needed on a map to help somebody find their way? | a scale, compass, and key legend. |