Questions and Answers
What is Human Environment Interaction?
What does Geography study?
What is a Region?
An area defined by a unifying physical or human characteristic.
What is Place?
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What is Absolute Location?
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What is Relative Location?
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What is Environment?
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What are the 5 Themes of Geography?
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What is Longitude?
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What is Latitude?
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What is the Prime Meridian?
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What is the Equator?
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What is a Hemisphere?
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What is Movement?
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Study Notes
Human Environment Interaction
- Refers to how humans change their environment and adapt to it.
Geography
- The scientific study of Earth's surface, organisms, and their environmental interactions.
Region
- Defined by a unifying characteristic, either physical or human; e.g., Midwest, Rocky Mountain Region.
Place
- Encompasses specific human and physical features of a location; e.g., oil fields in the Middle East (human feature), predominantly desert landscape (physical feature).
Absolute Location
- Describes a precise location using global coordinates (longitude and latitude) or a formal address.
Relative Location
- The position of a place compared to other locations; emphasizes spatial relationships.
Environment
- Surroundings of a location, including water, land, climate, flora, fauna, and human inhabitants.
5 Themes of Geography
- Acronym MR.LIP summarizes key themes:
- Movement
- Region
- Location
- Human Environment Interaction
- Place
Longitude
- Measures distance east to west from the Prime Meridian; represented by meridian lines.
Latitude
- Measures distance north and south of the equator; represented by parallel lines.
Prime Meridian
- The reference meridian at 0° longitude, passing through Greenwich, England, serving as a global reference point.
Equator
- Imaginary line halfway between the poles, defining the latitude of 0° and splitting the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
Hemisphere
- Half of the Earth; includes:
- Northern and Southern Hemispheres
- Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Movement
- Describes the flow of people, products, information, and ideas across different locations.
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