5 Themes of Geography- Location

1. Which theme of geography explains how people and products travel from one place to another?

• Place

• Movement

• Location 

1. What is an example of movement?

• Two cities having similar climates

• Building a house using local trees

• A person sending a letter to a friend in another state 

1. What describes a region?

•        A shopping mall  

• An area that shares similar features, like a desert or forest

•        The latitude and longitude of a city

1. Which is a type of location that gives an exact spot, like an address?

• Relative Location

•     Human-environment interaction

• Absolute Location

1. What does human-environment interaction focus on?

• How people and the environment affect each other

• How goods are shipped globally  

• The special features of a city

1. 684 Old Stage Rte 34 Jonesborough, TN 37659

•  Relative Location 

• Absolute Location 

• Coordinate Location

What is the primary difference between absolute and relative location?

• 1. Absolute location changes over time, while relative location remains constant

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• 1.  Absolute location uses landmarks, while relative location uses coordinates  

    

•    Absolute location uses exact coordinates, while relative location describes position in relation to other features

Which of the following is an example of absolute location?

• 1. The coffee shop next to the library 

• 1. the house across from the park

• 1. 40.7128° N, 74.0060° W

 A student describes their school's location as "between the community center and the public park, is an example of;

• relative location

• geographical coordinates

• absolute location

Which positioning system is commonly used to determine absolute location?

• street names

• GPS Global Positioning System

• landmarks