Essentials of Geo

What is movement?

• Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
• Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
• Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.

What is location?

• Tells us where people and places are
• Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area.
• Tells how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another.

Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement

The fact that Africa is south of Europe is an example of which?

• Movement
• Absolute Location
• Relative Location
• Place

The states in the area known as the "Southwest" of the United States are often grouped together because they are very hot and dry desert-like areas.

• Region
• Location
• Human Environment Interaction
• Movement

Using coordinates to find an exact location on Earth.

• Place
• Perfect Location
• Absolute Location
• Relative Location

Which of the following is NOT a theme of geography?

• place
• location
• history
• human-environment interaction

People cutting down trees, creating watersheds, draining wetlands and polluting soil are all examples of this theme.

• regions
• movement
• human-environment interaction
• location

The climate in the Sahara desert is really hot and dry

• Place
• location
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement

An area that contains similar physical and/or human features that separate it from other areas.

• Place
• Region
• Absolute location
• human/environment interaction