Human Environment Interaction Vocabulary

What is a map? Check all that apply.

• graphic representation on a flat surface of features of an area of the Earth

• a 3D representation of the Earth

• an important tool of a Geographer

• a detailed photographic illustration of a location with borders and labels

What is a region?

• an area of land that has different features without anything in common

• an area of land that has common features

What is the study of people, their cultures, and their distribution across Earth’s surface?

• Technological Geography

• Physical Geography

• Human Geography

• Locational Geography

What is the study of Earth’s surface features?

• Physical Geography

• Human Geography

• Locational Geography

• Technological Geography

Adjusting the way we live in or around landforms to meet our needs is known as

• human modification (change)

• human adaptation

• human movement

• human regionalization

Deforestation is an example of humans ________________ the environment.

• adapting to

• modifying (changing)

• sustaining

• maintaining

Building a house on stilts in coastal regions to avoid flooding is an example of _______________ the environment.

• modifying (changing)

• moving

• adapting to

• maintaining

Place describes

• the exact location of something.

• the modifications done to the environment.

• the movement of people to a location.

• the human and physical characteristics of a location.

Geography is

• memorizing state capitals and country flags.

• the study of maps and political boundaries of all the countries.

• the study of the spatial characteristics of the world’s land and people.

• an area of land with similar characteristics.

Location is

• the study of maps.

• an exact point on the Earth's surface.

• the unique characteristics of a place.

• the study of the Earth's surface.