Human Geography Midterm

The five themes of Geography are:

(You must write them in the order using¨MR HELP¨)

DO NOT use capital letters.

The theme of ____________ stresses how people affect their surroundings, and how it affects them.

• location

• region

• place

• human-environment interaction

This image represents a __________________.

• key

• grid

• scale

• compass rose

People that study the Earth are called:

• cartographers

• arqueologists

• geographers

• navigators

The study of the interrelationship between people and their physical environment.

• Human Environment Interaction

• Regional Geography

• Economic Geography

• Human Geography

People changing the land causing deforestation, pollution, etc

• Location

• Place

• Human- Environment

• Movement

• Regions

Define human-environment interaction

• Physical features of a place

• An objects absolute location

• Language

• relationship between humans and the environment they live in

People leaving their homes in Syria and travelling to Turkey to avoid war is an example of which of the 5 themes?

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

• Region

Which of the following is a primary focus of human geography?

• A) The study of Earth's physical features

• B) The analysis of human populations and their cultures

• C) The examination of weather patterns

• D) The exploration of ocean currents

What is the term for the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another?

• A) Cultural diffusion

• B) Cultural assimilation

• C) Cultural divergence

• D) Cultural integration