Spring Final Geography Review

The construction of a new skyscraper in the city is classified as what?

• Adapted Environment
• Natural Environment
• Deforestation
• Human Environment

Which statement is the best definition of a region?

• A region is an area in which people speak the same language.
• A region is an area that has common characteristics that distinguish it from neighboring areas.
• A region is an area set off from other areas by mountain ranges.
• A region is determined by an area's closeness to bodies of water.

Throughout history, people have lived on mountains, in deserts, and along rivers and coastlines. What does this great variety in the areas of human settlement demonstrate? 

• People organize similar types of governments.
• People enter similar occupations in very different regions.
• People can adapt to different physical environments.
• People prefer to live away from where other people settle.

When would a geographer use absolute location?

• To identify the exact location of a place.
• To describe the physical features of an area.
• To locate a place by identifying what areas it is near.
• To show what the cultural characteristics of a place are.

What is the movement theme about?

• A place with unifying characteristics
• how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another.
• Where something is
• A location’s physical and human features.

What is the Place theme about?

• A place with unifying characteristics, such as climate or history
• A location’s physical and human features
• Where something is
• How people affect their environment, the physical characteristics of their natural surroundings, and how their environment affects them.

Arizona is south of Utah is which theme?

• Relative Location
• Absolute Location
• Movement
• Human-Environment Interaction

Communicating through text message is which theme?

• Place 
• Region
• Relative Location
• Movement

If there were no trees in your area and you used sod (grass and dirt) to build a home, what type of interaction is that?

• Modify
• Adapt
• Depend

What is the largest continent by area? 

• Asia
• North America
• South America 
• Europe