Themes of Geography Practice

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• Place

• Movement

• Location

The latitude and longitude coordinates of New York City, the United States is 41° North, 74° West.

• Human/Env. Interaction

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

^{The Caribbean Islands have a tropical climate.}

• Location

• Region

• Human/Env. Interaction

A farmer chops corn to feed his cows.

• Location

• Place

• Human/Env. Interaction

Chicago is about 200 miles south of Green Bay on Interstate Highway 43.

• Place

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

A factory pollutes the air with dangerous chemicals blowing out from it's smoke stacks.

• Location

• Region

• Human/Env. Interaction

All of the following are examples of Human characteristics EXCEPT

• The Golden Gate Bridge

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Eiffel Tower

38 degrees South Latitude, 83 degrees East Latitude is an example of

• Absolute location

• Relative location

These are features that occur naturally. (Examples: rivers, lakes, dunes, mountains)

• human-environment interaction

• physical characteristics

• human characteristics

When we describe a place by saying it has a beautiful lake and mountains, we are describing its

• Physical Characteristics
• Human Characteristics