Unit One: Basic Geography

Just past the bridge, behind the DMV.

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

37 degrees North, 76 degrees West

• Absolute Location

• Relative Locations

Down the street on the left side of the road, past the stop sign.

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

What is an example of Human/Environment Interaction?

• Mining minerals

• Trade Agreements

• Education

• playing Fortnite

Equator is ...

• An imaginary line going across the center of Earth that separates the eastern and western hemisphere.

• A region created when the Earth is divided in half.

• An imaginary line going across the center of Earth that separates the north and south hemisphere.

Prime Meridian is ...

• An imaginary line going across the center of the earth that separates the eastern and western hemispheres.

• An imaginary line going across the center of the earth that separates the north and south hemispheres.

• An absolute location on the map.

Movement is ...

• The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
  
• The way people and the environment affect each other.
  
• Where a place is on Earth.
  

Regions are ...

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

• An absolute location on Earth.

• The physical and human characteristics of a place.

Human and Environment Interactions are ...

• The way people and the environment affect each other.
  
• Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
  
• The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
  

Location is ...

• The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
  
• Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
  
• Where a place is on Earth.