The Six Essential Elements of Geography

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What is geography?

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The study of the physical features of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, including how humans affect them, and the ways they affect humans.

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Which of the following essential elements of geography includes the study of glaciers and how they carve out the landscape?

• Environment and society
• Places and regions
• Uses of Physical systems
• geography

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Uses of Physical systems

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Which of the following is an example of an absolute location? Options: Your position relative to the center of the galaxy, Longitude and latitude, How close you are to Houston, Distance from the center of town

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Longitude and latitude

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Which of the following essential elements of geography includes understanding absolute and relative location?

• Physical systems
• The world in spatial terms
• Places and regions
• The uses of geography

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The world in spatial terms

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Which of the following essential elements of geography includes the study of how humans directly affect the natural geography of the world?

• Physical systems

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• Environment and society

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• Places and regions

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• Human systems

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Human systems