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19 Cards in this Set
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What are the five themes of geography |
Location Human interaction Places Movement Region |
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Movement |
How people communicate, trade, ideas, goods and services with people in other places. |
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Interdependent |
movement- People need to rely on others |
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Linkages |
movement- Connections by communication |
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Patterns |
movement- Movement of ideas, people and product. |
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Region |
Areas with common characteristics Example- New England |
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Location |
Position of a place or a point on Earth *There are two types of locations |
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Absolute |
location- Locating a place with latitude and longitude lines |
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Relative |
location- Locating a place by describing things around it |
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Interaction |
How people respond to or change their environment * It's the relationship between people and the Earth |
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Dependence |
Interaction- People depend on their enviroment |
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Adaptation |
Interaction- people can change their environment to meet their needs |
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Impact |
Interaction- how people affect the environment |
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Place |
Describes what a location is like; what is there and what it looks like. *Places are described by their physical and human characteristics |
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Physical characteristics |
Things that exist naturally - Animal life -Plant life -Landscape |
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Human Characteristics |
Impact of human activity - Buildings and government |
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Political |
region- Areas that share the same government/leaders (country, state) |
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physical |
region- areas that share the same geography (Island) |
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Cultural |
region- Areas that share the same culture (language, religion) |
