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Review for Ms. Heineman's Survey of Social Studies class

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Place   The theme of geography that focuses on unique human and physical characteristics of a space.  
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Physical characteristics   Geographical features created by nature. Examples: include mountains, ecosystems, rivers.  
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Human characteristics   Geographical features created by man. Examples include food, buildings, monuments, music, etc.  
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What are the 2 subcategories of Place?   Physical characteristics & Human Characteristics  
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What are the 2 subcategories of Location?   Relative location & Absolute location  
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Location   The theme of geography that focuses on how we describe where places are on earth.  
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Relative location   Crestwood is northeast of Louisville. This describes its...  
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Absolute location   Crestwood's is 38°19′28″N 85°29′0″W.  
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Equator   an imaginary circle around the middle of the earth  
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longitude   A line that runs north and south that measures a place's distance east or west of the Prime Meridian  
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latitude   A line that runs parallel to the Equator that measures a place's distance north or south of the Equator.  
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Region   The theme of geography that focuses on how we group places that have physical features or human characteristics  
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Name the 7 continents and be able to locate them on a map   Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Antartica  
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Name the 4 oceans and be able to locate them on a map   Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian  
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Human-Environment Interaction   The theme of geography that focuses on how How people change and respond to their surroundings.  
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culture   The total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a group  
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adaptation   a change that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment  
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Movement   The theme of geography that focus on how people  
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migration   the movement of persons from one country or locality to another  
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push factors   negative conditions and perceptions that induce people to leave their adobe and migrate to a new location (situations that makes people leave a place)  
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pull factors   conditions that draw or attract people to another location (a situation that makes people come to a place.  
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movement   In our activities on India and its booming technology business  
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region   In our southwest Asia/Middle East activities  
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place   Mount Everest is an example of this theme of geography.  
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human   The Washington Monument and Statute of Liberty are examples of this type of characteristic (human or physical)?  
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mountain range   The Himalayas are this type of landform  
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renewable resource   resources that can be replaced  
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natural resource   a resource not created by humans  
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nonrenewable resource   A natural resource that is limited in supply and once consumed  
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projection   The way a cartographer (map maker) shows the curved surface of the earth on a flat map to reduce distortion  
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Physical map   A map that shows the landforms and bodies of water found in a specific area.  
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Political map   A map that shows features on a map's surface that humans created  
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Political Map   In class  
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Thematic Map   A type of map that focuses on specific types of information such as climate  
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Human Development Index   A statistic used to rank countries by standards of living or quality of life. It includes rankings in areas such as birthrate, mortality rate (death rate), literacy rate (number of people who can read)  
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Human-Environment Interaction   We studied how the Aral Sea has shrunk over the last 50 decades. Its destruction is an example of this theme of geography.  
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We talked about a number of advantages of India's growing IT industry. Name 1   A lot of available workers, low wages, time zone benefits (that allow workers in India to work while US workers sleep)  
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The longest river in the world is   The Nile  
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