Unit 1 Geographer's Tools

How people use the Earth and how the Earth is affected by people

• Human Environment Interaction

• Location

• Region

• Place

A specific spot on the Earth that looks, sounds and smells the same

• Movement

• Location

• Place

• Region

People, ideas, and things get from one place to another

• Place

• Location

• Movement

• Human Environment Interaction

Where someplace is in relative or absolute terms

• Place

• Movement

• Location

• Region

A group of places that are alike, have the same characteristics

• Region

• Place

• Location

• Human Environment Interaction

The Equator is found where on a map

• in the middle (zero degrees)

• a long the Prime Meridian

• at the North Pole

• at the South Pole

The Prime Meridian is located where?

• From the North Pole to the South Pole on zero degrees

• In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

• Just above the Equator

• In Space

Latitude Lines are also called?

• Imaginary lines

• Parallels

• In the middle of the Earth

• Meridians

Longitude Lines are also called what?

• Meridians

• Stripes

• Parallels

• Nothing else

How many continents are there on the Earth?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• None