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?
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
Absolute Location
Relative Location
To go around another object or Earth's year-long elliptical orbit around the Sun. Takes 365 1/4 days.
Revolution
Rotation
axis
year
The imaginary lines that run parallel running pole to pole.
longitudes/meridians
Pick the definition of place.
The best way to show location
The way ideas, materials, and people get around.
The features of a location that distinguish it from others
Position of something on earth's surface.
What is an ocean?
large body of water
Imaginary lines running east to west on the Earth.
latitudes/parallels
This imaginary line circles the Earth and divides into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. It is halfway between the North and South Poles.
equator
Absolute or Relative? Mexico is south of Texas.
relative
Leap year has _______ days.
366
What divides a globe into Eastern and Western Hemispheres at 0° longitude?
Prime Meridian
Languages, clothes, religions are all human characteristics of a _____________.
location
region
movement
place
Where can polar regions be found?
North and South Poles
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.
Nature, climate, landforms are all examples of _______________of a place.
physical characteristics
descriptions
human characteristics
features
How people, goods and ideas move in and out of a place is _______.
movement
A large body of saltwater surrounded by land
sea
What is the plural of millennium?
millennia
What are the colored areas called?
continents
Farmers have to clear and water land so crops can grow.
movement
location
human-environment interaction
region
Areas united by similar physical or cultural characteristics that set it apart from other areas are ______
regions
My teacher said to plan on studying 3 hours this week. How many minutes is that?
180 minutes
What is an imaginary line through the center of the Earth at 23.5°?
axis
An hour is made up of _________
60 minutes
A globe is a ___________ of the Earth.
model
How many years are in TWO decades?
20 years
40 degrees North and 55 degrees West is an example of which theme?
Regions
Place
Movement
Location
In Colorado you can see the Rocky Mountains.
place
region
location
movement
The human and physical features of an area. What is it like there?
place
movement
region
location
One century = __________ years
100
English is the main language spoken in the United Kingdom. This is an example of what theme?
human-environment interaction
place
region
movement
________ is a particular place or position.
Location
What is a continent?
large mass of land
What is a Region
Tells us what makes an area special
Tells us how people and goods are moved
Tells us where people and places are
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
To spin on an internal axis, or the spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur.
Rotation
Daytime
Tilt
Revolution
1000 years is called a
millenium
Christopher Columbus is said to have discovered America almost six ________ ago.
millennia
year
decades
centuries
Canada has 5 provinces and one of them is British Columbia.
movement
place
location
Region
A year is _____ months, ________ weeks, __________ days and ______ hours.
12, 52, 365, 6
Dividing line between light and darkness
terminator
Where are the tropics located?
between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
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
place
movement
location
air pollution coming from a factory smoke stack is an example of
Location
Place
Human Environment Interaction
Region
Where is it? This is an example of ________.
location
60 seconds = ?
one minute
How many years are there in three centuries?
300 years