Geography Chapter 1 Review and Overview

The Five Themes of Geography are the Following:

• Place, Region, Interaction, Land-forms, Movement
• Place, Region, Interaction, Location, Movement
• People, Race, Interaction, Location Movement
• Power, Region, Interaction, Location Movement

Relative location is:

• Latitude and Longitude
• Given by GPS
• a general location, not specific
• a specific place:

Absolute location is:

• general
• not used on GPS
• is saying that Two Rivers is in East Hartford
• uses latitude and longitude to give a specific area

The theme movement has to do with what ideas:

• Migration and Trade
• Latitude and longitude
• Pollution
• Human and Physical Characteristics

Latitude lines run

• East/West
• North/South

Longitude lines run _________.

• East/West
• North South

The imaginary line that runs through the middle of the earth east and west is called?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Date Line

Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement

People leaving their homes in Syria and travelling to Turkey to avoid ISIS is an example of which?

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

The states in the area known as the "Southwest" of the United States are often grouped together because they are very hot and dry desert-like areas.

• Region
• Location
• Human Environment Interaction
• Movement