United States and Canada Climate and Vegetation Human Geography Eleanor M. Savko Basic Geography Physical Geography United States and Canada 11/11/2018 Climate and Vegetation Human Geography 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt

Five Themes of Geography

What is: Movement Region Human Environment Interaction Location Place ?

Everything located above the equator

What is Northern Hemisphere?

The unit of measure used to determine an absolute location on a map or a globe is a(n) ___.

What is a degree?

Imaginary east-west circles parallel to the Equator are called ___ lines

What are latitude lines?

The imaginary line that circles the globe from north to south at 0 degrees

What is the Prime Meridian?

The three things cause weathering are____, ____, and __

What is rain (water), wind and ice?

Only about ____ percent of the Earth's surface is fresh water

What is three (3) percent?

Rock layers that store water

What is an aquifer?

small branch of a river

What is a tributary?

seismograph and Richter scale are two ways to measure the strength of this

What is an earthquake?

Current US population

What is about 320 million people?

Reasons/ factors for migration

What are push/ pull factors?

functional region; city, suburbs, and exurbs link together and interact

What is a metropolitan area?

Immigrants into the United States are mainly coming from _________ and _______________ _______________

What is Asia and Latin America?

Early immigrants into the United States came from one of these three countries

What is England, France, or Spain?

layer of gases release trapped solar energy, causing higher temperatures in the same way that a greenhouse traps solar energy

What is the greenhouse effect?

Dec. 22/23 beginning of winter in N. Hemi.,

What is the winter solstice?

This takes 1 day, 24 hours

What is rotation?

year round rain; long, humid summers, mild to cool short winters; Florida coastal

What is tropical wet climate?

Ten or less inches of rain per year

What is a desert climate?

A scientist who studies human populations, including their size; growth; density; distribution; and rates of births, marriages, and deaths is called a(n) ___________.

What is a demographer?

site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to many cultures

What is a culture hearth?

state and government makes economy decisions and controls factors of production

What is a command economy?

total value of goods and services within a country in a year

What is Gross Domestic Product? (GDP)

number of people who can read and write a language

What is literacy rate?