Grimes World Geography
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| Location | Where things are located. A location can be absolute (specific) or relative (general area).
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| Absolute Location | Locations that are specific, as in coordinates of a map. (i.e.30N/20E) "Where is it?"
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| Relative Location | Locations in relation to other locations. (Nearby)
(i.e. Next door to Smith's)
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| Place | An area that is defined by everything in it. All places have features that give them personality and distinguish them from other places.
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| Region | An area that is defined by certain similar characteristics. These characteristics can be physical, natural, human or cultural.
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| Movement | The way people, products, information, and ideas are moved/exchanged. (Local- How did you get to school? Global- How did humans get to North America?)
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| Human-Environment Interaction | This interaction looks at the relationships between the people and their environment-- how people adapt to the environment and how they change it.
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| This island is 64W and 16N. | ABSOLUTE LOCATION
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| India is south of Nepal. | RELATIVE LOCATION
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| The weather in the Congo is always hot because it is near the Equator. | PLACE
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| In Hawaii, it is customary for visitors to receive a flower necklace called "lei" when they arrive on the island. | HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
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| They speak many different African dialects in Kenya. | Region
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| The river near my house has become very polluted. | HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
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| South Korea is considered part of the Asian Continent. | REGION
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| I never want to go to 42S and 40 E. | ABSOLUTE LOCATION
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| I phoned my friend on my cell phone to tell her about some exciting news. | MOVEMENT
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| My new bicycle was sent to my house in a truck. | MOVEMENT
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