Flashcards in Geography & Culture Quiz Deck (42)
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Geography
The study of people, their environment, and their resources.
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Five themes of geography
Location, place, human environmental interaction, region, and movement.
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Location
A particular position on the earth's surface.
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Latitude measures...
Distance north to south
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Longitude measures...
Distance east to west
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Equator is a line of...
Latitude
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Lines of longitude...
Converge at the poles and are largest at the the equator and change.
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Latitude lines are...
Always the same distance
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Place
Physical characteristics and human characteristics.
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Physical characteristics examples...
Lakes and trees
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Human characteristics examples...
Schools and homes
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Human environmental-interaction
Two types of interaction. Hidden costs and adaption.
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Hidden costs
Things humans do to negatively harm the environment
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Examples of hidden costs
Deforesting and overfishing
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Adaption
How humans made things changed
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Movement
Movement of ideas, trade, migration.
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Interdependence
When one group of people relies on another group of people for supply of something they don't have.
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Region
Area with common characteristics.
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Characteristics that may define a region
Landforms, climates, religion, language.
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Examples of region...
Puget sound, Africa
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Climate zones have...
Two factors. Location and elevation.
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Culture
All the things that make up a people's entire way of life.
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Seven elements of culture
Social organizations, customs and traditions, language, arts and literature, religion, forms of government, economic systems.
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Social organizations
Family patterns- smaller units within a culture that work together to meet basic needs.
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Nuclear family
2 generations- parents and children
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Extended family
3 generations- parents, children, and aunts/ uncles cousins
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Social classes
People grouped together by religion, etc.
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Customs and traditions
Ideas of right and wrong.
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Examples of customs and traditions
Enforcing laws, dress code, table manners, birthdays
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