The following is NOT absolute location.
An exact location on a map.
5610 Gulfton Houston, Texas 77099
76 degrees North, 42 degrees West
My friend's house is three houses down on the left.
Thousands of people emigrated from Haiti to the Dominican Republic because an earthquake destroyed their homes in Haiti. This is an example of which theme of geography?
Human-Environment Interaction
Relative Location
Absolute Location
Movement
Dividing line between light and darkness
terminator
Where are the tropics located?
between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
What is an imaginary line through the center of the Earth at 23.5°?
axis
A globe is a ___________ of the Earth.
model
A large body of saltwater surrounded by land
sea
Tornado Alley is the name given to a group of states that gets more tornadoes than any other place on earth each year. Tornado Alley is an example of which theme of geography?
region
location
place
movement
How many years are there in three centuries?
300 years
What is an ocean?
large body of water
An hour is made up of _________
60 minutes
Where is it? This is an example of ________.
location
How many years are in TWO decades?
20 years
My teacher said to plan on studying 3 hours this week. How many minutes is that?
180 minutes
What is the plural of millennium?
millennia
Imaginary lines running east to west on the Earth.
latitudes/parallels
Farmers have to clear and water land so crops can grow.
location
movement
human-environment interaction
region
In Colorado you can see the Rocky Mountains.
location
region
place
movement
What divides a globe into Eastern and Western Hemispheres at 0° longitude?
Prime Meridian
Languages, clothes, religions are all human characteristics of a _____________.
place
location
region
movement
A year is _____ months, ________ weeks, __________ days and ______ hours.
12, 52, 365, 6
Christopher Columbus is said to have discovered America almost six ________ ago.
year
millennia
decades
centuries
1000 years is called a
millenium
Leap year has _______ days.
366
The imaginary lines that run parallel running pole to pole.
longitudes/meridians
Absolute or Relative? Mexico is south of Texas.
relative
What is a Region
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
Tells us where people and places are
Tells us what makes an area special
Tells us how people and goods are moved
Pick the definition of place.
The features of a location that distinguish it from others
Position of something on earth's surface.
The best way to show location
The way ideas, materials, and people get around.
Where can polar regions be found?
North and South Poles
To spin on an internal axis, or the spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur.
Revolution
Tilt
Daytime
Rotation
One century = __________ years
100
60 seconds = ?
one minute
Nature, climate, landforms are all examples of _______________of a place.
descriptions
physical characteristics
features
human characteristics
40 degrees North and 55 degrees West is an example of which theme?
Movement
Regions
Place
Location
Canada has 5 provinces and one of them is British Columbia.
Region
location
place
movement
English is the main language spoken in the United Kingdom. This is an example of what theme?
human-environment interaction
movement
place
region
________ is a particular place or position.
Location
air pollution coming from a factory smoke stack is an example of
Region
Place
Location
Human Environment Interaction
What is a continent?
large mass of land
What are the colored areas called?
continents
To go around another object or Earth's year-long elliptical orbit around the Sun. Takes 365 1/4 days.
Revolution
year
Rotation
axis
How people, goods and ideas move in and out of a place is _______.
movement
The human and physical features of an area. What is it like there?
movement
location
region
place
Areas united by similar physical or cultural characteristics that set it apart from other areas are ______
regions
This imaginary line circles the Earth and divides into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. It is halfway between the North and South Poles.
equator