WORLD GEOGRAPHY CH 1

Which of these themes involves Position of a place on the Earth’s surface?

• Region

• Location

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Place

Describes the characteristics of a location that make it unique, or different.

• Place

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Region

How people affect their environment, or natural surroundings, and how their environment affects them.

• Place

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Region

How and why people, ideas, and goods move from place to place

• Place

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Region

Areas of the Earth’s surface that have several common characteristics, such as land, natural resources, or population

• Place

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Region

Which of these is not something human geographers study?

• Religion

• Ways of life

• Languages

• Food

Imaginary circles that run east to west around the globe. Also known as parallels

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Prime Meridian

• Belt

Imaginary circles that run north and south around the globe. Also called Meridians

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Prime Meridian

• Belt

Geography means ...

• To study graphs
• To study the Geos
• To study dirt
• To study the Earth

An example of Physical Geography is ...

• People
• Planets
• Rivers
• Physical Education