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