Place

What is the definition of climate?

• a prediction or estimate of future events, especially coming weather

• the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

• the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

• The average weather pattern of a region over a period of time.

What has the greatest influence on your culture?

• Government

• Geography (where you live)

• Family

• Religion

Who do you first learn your culture from?

• Teachers

• Friends

• Social Media

• Family

The study of places and the relationships between people and their environments is called...

• Geography

• Social Studies

• Culture

• Geographer

Who studies the location of places and the people that live there?

• Social studiers

• Scientists

• Mathematicians

• Geographers

Name the theme: all places have characteristics that set them apart from other places (hint: personality of geography)

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Place

• Human Environment Interaction

Name the theme: where on Earth something or someone is

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Place

• Human Environment Interaction

What is the place theme about?

• A place with unifying characteristics, such as climate or history

• A location’s physical and human features

• Where something is

• How people affect their environment, the physical characteristics of their natural surroundings, and how their environment affects them.

Which of the following is a human characteristic of a place?

• landforms

• climate

• vegetation

• language

Someone tells you about the population, languages spoken, landforms and animal life in Virginia. Which theme of geography is he or she most likely talking about?

• location

• place

• movement

• human-environment interaction