World Geo/ Global Issues Unit 1

Someone who investigates the earth and the way human interact with it are called:

• geologist

• geoscientist

• geographer

• geocasher

Rural is synonym for:

• city

• country

• urban

• suburbs

Urban is a synonym for:

• country

• country

• county

• city

Suburban is a term for the:

• city

• areas surrounding the city

• country

• rural

The five themes of geography include:

• location, place, region, HEI, movement

• history, government, economics, culture, resources

• maps, globes, GPS, satellites, GIS

• country, city, county, borough, township

"Where is it" includes relative and absolute:

• movement

• place

• region

• location

Natural and human characteristics than define an area:

• movement

• place

• HEI

• location

People use, modify, adapt, or change the environment where they live:

• HEI

• place

• region

• location

How people, goods, and/or ideas get from one place to another:

• location

• region

• place

• movement

One or more common characteristics:

• place

• region

• movement

• HEI