Six Essential Elements of Geography

Understanding how volcanoes form and where famous ones are located, like Mount Vesuvius in Italy, is an example of studying what?

• Physical systems

• Economic systems

• Political systems

• Cultural traditions

Using GPS to find your way around a city

• Environment and society

• Places and regions

• the world in spatial terms

• Human Systems

The way people in different countries use languages and traditions to communicate is an example of what system?

• Human systems

• Places and regions

• Uses of geography

• Environment and Society

The World in Spatial Terms: Finding countries on a globe or atlas is based on their ______ and ______.

• latitude; longitude

• climate; population

• language; culture

• altitude; rainfall

Comparing the culture and climate of the Sahara Desert region to the Arctic region is an example of studying what?

• Places and regions

• Human-environment interaction

• Movement

• Physical systems

Mapping where different animals live around the world is an example of using what subject?

• Places and regions

• The world in spatial terms

• The uses of geography

• Environment and Society

Learning about the different states in the USA and how each is part of a larger region like the Midwest or Southwest is an example of studying what?

• The world in spatial terms

• Human systems

• The uses of geography

• Places and regions

Seeing how hurricanes form over warm ocean waters and affect coastal areas is an example of studying what?

• Physical systems

• Human systems

• the world in spatial terms

• Environment and society

How cities like New York or Tokyo grow and connect people through transportation

• Places and regions

• Environment and society

• Human systems

• the uses of geography

How people adapt to living in deserts, like using special homes and water-saving techniques.

• Human Systems

• Environment and society

• Physical Systems

• Places and regions