Unit 1 Geography v1

The transportation of goods, people, diseases, and ideas.

• Location

• Place

• Human-environment interaction

• Movement

• Region

When places share a common characteristic

or set of characteristics

• Location

• Place

• Human-environment interaction

• Movement

• Region

The description of a location. What is it like there?

• Movement

• Region

• Human Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

The relationship between people and their environment

• Movement

• Region

• Human Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

Provides the exact address of a place or an estimate of where it can be found.

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

An example is giving someone directions and telling them you're waiting across the road from 7/11 gas station.

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

What is a map scale?

• a tool to measure distance

• a tool to tell direction

• a tool to start a fire

• a tool to build a house

What is this object known as?

• map symbol
• map key
• map scale
• compass rose

The four main points of the compass North, South, East, and West.

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Scale

Lines of ______ measure how far from the equator a place is located?

• Longitude

• Latitude