Intro to Geography 8/23

1. _____________ is the study of the relationship between humans and the Earth.

• Geography

• Geology

• Anthropology

• Sociology

Studying Geography helps us explain why ___________________.

• The planets move the way they do

• The mountains and rivers are formed

• People live the way they do

• None of the above

Which of these is not one of the 5 themes of geography?

• Location

• Mediation

• Place

• Human/ Environment Interaction

• Region

Absolute location is measured by __________________.

• Compass & tape measure

• Land and human features

• Longitude & Latitude

• All the above

Relative location refers to _______________.

• Its relationship to other places

• Its longitude and latitude

• The number of cousins you have there

• None of the above

1. The physical description of a place refers to the land, climate, bodies of water, animals, & plants, etc.

• true

• false

1. The human description of a place refers to the languages, religions, populations, etc.  In other words, the culture of a place.  

• true

• false

When humans interact with the land in a healthy way it is considered?

• positive

• negative

When humans interact with the land in an unhealthy way it is considered?

• positive

• negative

_____________ refers to how people, ideas, and goods are linked together around the Earth.

• Place

• Location

• Region

• Movement