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3. Geography 1 What are the 5 themes of Geography?

4. Geography 1 Answer What are the 5 themes of Geography? Movement Region Human/Environment Interaction Location Place

5. Geography 2 What is the difference between absolute and relative location?

6. Geography 2 Answer What is the difference between absolute and relative location? Absolute location tells where a place is according to a grid. Relative location tells where a place is in relation to another place.

7. Geography 3 What is the relative location of the US? (Give three descriptions.)

8. Geography 3 Answer What is the relative location of the US? (Give three descriptions.) North of Mexico South of Canada Northern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere North of the equator West of the Prime Meridian

9. Geography 4 What are human characteristics of a place? Give at least 2 examples.

10. Geography 4 Answer What are human characteristics of a place? Give at least 2 examples. Human characteristics of a place are man- made features. Human characteristics of a place can include cities, highways, bridges, and buildings.

11. Geography 5 How are human characteristics and physical characteristics of place connected?

12. Geography 5 Answer How are human characteristics and physical characteristics of place connected? Cities are often located near bodies of water and farms are often located in prairies. Ski resorts are located in the mountains. Fishing industries are located by the oceans, lakes, or rivers.

13. Geography 6 What is a transportation network?

14. Geography 6 Answer What is a transportation network? a system of roads, rail lines, ferry service, and other methods of connecting places

15. Geography 7 What do special purpose maps show?

16. Geography 7 Answer What do special purpose maps show? Special features such as climate, elevation, and population density.

17. Geography 8 What is elevation?

18. Geography 8 Answer What is elevation? The height of an area above sea level

19. Geography 9 What is climate?

20. Geography 9 Answer What is climate? Weather of a place over a long period of time.

21. Geography 10 What is population density?

22. Geography 10 Answer What is population density? The number of people living in a certain area.

23. Challenge What is a metropolitan area?

24. Challenge Answer What is a metropolitan area? A large city and the surrounding areas, including towns, other cities, and suburbs.