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SPRING EXAM REVIEW. 5O QUESTIONS . Engrade Multiple Choice True or False Matching Sequencing (putting things in order ). FIELDS OF STUDY. Physical Features and Geographic Skills (Landforms, Map Reading) Culture Population Geography Political Geography Economic Geography.
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5O QUESTIONS • Engrade • Multiple Choice • True or False • Matching • Sequencing (putting things in order)
FIELDS OF STUDY • Physical Features and Geographic Skills (Landforms, Map Reading) • Culture • Population Geography • Political Geography • Economic Geography
5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY • MR HELP • Movement: migration of people, goods and ideas from one place to another • Region: Division of places based on physical or human characteristics. • Human-Environment Interaction: how humans adapt, modify, or _______to their environment • Location: WHERE a place is • Place: What a place is like.
PLATE TECTONICS DIVERGENT Plates moving apart
PLATE TECTONICS CONVERGENT Plates moving together
PLATE TECTONICS TRANSFORM Plates sliding past each other
LANDFORMS ARCHIPELAGO Set of closely grouped islands (usually atop a coral reef)
LANDFORM BAY Body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline (smaller than a gulf)
LANDFORMS GULF Inlet of sea mostly surrounded by land
LANDFORM ISLAND Land surrounded entirely by water.
LANDFORMS ISTHMUS Narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas, usually with water on either side
LANDFORMS MOUTH OF A RIVER Where a river enters the ocean.
LANDFORMS OASIS Place where underground water has reached the surface (usually in a desert where there are no lakes/rivers)
LANDFORMS PENINSULA Land surrounded by water on 3 sides.
LANDFORMS PLATEAU a large flat area of land that is higher than other areas of land that surround it.
LANDFORMS STRAIT Narrow passage of land between two large bodies of water
CULTURE • A group of people that share similar customs or beliefs. • Affects everything a group does. • What they believe • How they behave • How they organize their society. • Distinguishes one group from another. • Every country has multiple cultures, especially the U.S.
POPULATION (SIZE) • PUT IN ORDER SMALLEST TO LARGEST • City • Continent • Country • County • Hemisphere • State • 1. City • 2. County • 3. State • 4. Country • 5. Continent • 6. Hemisphere