5 themes of Geography
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- What is the definition of location?
- There are two types of location, relative and absolute. Relative tells the relative location of a place (ex. the Washington Monument is in D.C. close to the Potomac River)and absolute is the exact location of a place usually using latitude, longitude and an address.
- What is the definition of place?
- A place is a point or area with special features.
- What is the definition of Movement?
- How people, goods, or ideas get from one place to another.
- What is the definition of region?
- region is a area with common features such as mountains, hills, lakes, rivers, sandy beaches, etc.
- What is the definition of Human-Environment-Interaction?
- There are two types of H-E-I, adaptation and change. Adaptation is how a living thing adapts to fit nature and change is how nature changes to fit our needs.
- When your giving the cordinets for a place, what comes first, latitude or longitude?
- Latitude then Longetude
- What are the four map essentials?
- Compose Rose, Title, Scale, and Key
- What is a compose rose?
- directions telling you North, South, East, and West
- What is a title?
- a heading
- What is scale?
- the ration of distance on a map to distance in real life
- What is a key or legend?
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what each symbol is on a map
(ex. ------- is a highway)