Five Themes of Geography and Absolute/Relative Location

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Movement is...

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The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.

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Regions are ...

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Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.

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An example of an absolute location would be...

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37.02 degrees N, 93.20 degrees W

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What is the location theme about? Options: How people affect their environment, The relationship among places, Where something is, A place with unifying characteristics, such as climate or history

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Where something is

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What is the place theme about?

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A location’s physical and human features

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What does relative location tell you?

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a place's position in relation to other people and places

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What is a human characteristic of a place? Options: landforms, climate, vegetation, language

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language

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Theme of geography related to population, languages, landforms, and animal life in Virginia.

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place

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When would a geographer use absolute location?

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To identify the exact location of a place.

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Geography is...

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The study of Earth and how we, the people who live there, interact with it.