| Question | Answer |
| Human environment interactions | describes how humans use and interact with the environment |
| Longitude | a measurement of distance east to west of the meridian |
| Relative location is what? | figuring our location using the borders around us |
| Atmosphere | contains oxygen clouds etc. |
| What are the four spheres? | Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Biosphere, and Hydrosphere |
| What is the lowest and highest temperature recorded in Mississippi? | -19 degrees in corinth and 115 degrees holly springs |
| Location | focuses on where a place is in relation to other places or in terms of longitude and latitude |
| Tornado | a violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground |
| What is a Plato? | an area of relatively high ground |
| What does antebellum mean? | before war |
| Natural environment | all living and non living things that are natural |
| Regions | allows geographers to define an area in terms of one or more characteristics |
| What are the four regions in Mississippi and where are they on Mississippi? | delta top, hills below delta, piney woods below hills and gulf coast at the bottom where Biloxi is |
| Lithosphere | (land) on earths surface |
| Global positioning system | a radio system that allows land, sea and airborne users to know their exact location |
| Latitude | a measurement of distance in degrees north and south of the equator |
| Movement | concerns the ways in which people are linked with regions, cultures, and people beyond our immediate environment |
| Place | focuses on the physical and human or cultural characteristics of a particular location |
| Some of the Native American Laws are..... | Honor all your relations, Give assistance and kindness wherever needed, earth is our mother; care for her, Do what you know to be right. |
| What is Mississippis climate and why? | Humid subtropical because it isn't quite warm or rainy enough to be considered tropical |
| What are Mississippis bordering states? | Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas |
| What is our absolute location? | 30 degrees-35 degrees N above the equator and 88 degrees-91 degrees W longitude |
| Hurricane | a large rotating tropical storm that has wind speeds up to at least 120 km/h most powerful storm on earth |
| Why is the Yazzoo basin (delta) important to Mississippi? | it has some of the most fertile soil in the world it is also the most southern place in Mississippi |
