Texas Studies Weekly Grade 4 Week 1

_______ is the study of Earth, its people, and how things change over time.

• Economics

• History

• Geography

• Language Arts

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary geographic terms used to understand geography?

• human-environment interaction

• location

• regions

• states

Which of the following would not be considered a spatial tool to study geography?

• globes

• graphs

• maps

• pictures

When we describe where something is using terms "close," "near," "above," or "below," we are using _______

• relative location

• absolute location

• maps

• globes

When we use a grid system to describe a location, we are using _______

• relative location

• absolute location

• maps

• globes

People who create maps are called_______

• politicians

• geographers

• historians

• cartographers

Place includes________

• how people adapt to the environment

• physical and human characteristics

• how people, resources, and ideas move

• organization into regions

Physical characteristic include which of the following?

• culture

• economics

• landforms

• movement

A place's _______ come from human ideas and interactions people have with their environment.

• human characteristics

• locations

• physical characteristics

• regions

_____ explores the relationship between people and the environment.

• Human-environment interaction

• Location

• Movement

• Place