Assignment: 5 Themes of Geography

B6: World Geography and Civilizations, term 1-1
2013-10-21T16:38:19Z

Due:

Go to the world atlas. Pick a place in the world on one of the 7 continents besides North America. Use the world atlas and the internet to answer the highlighted questions below about your chosen place.

1. Location

Absolute location = exact location, measured by longitude and latitude.

Relative location = where a place is located in relation to other places.

What is the absolute and relative location of your chosen place?

2. Place

Physical features (landforms, vegetation, and climate) and human characteristics (population, languages, customs, beliefs, economy, politics, architectural styles).

What is the character of your chosen place?

3. Relationships

Interactions between humans and environment.

How do people interact with the natural environment of your chosen place?

4. Movement

How do ideas, information, people, products move from one place to another?

How do people, goods, and ideas move between your chosen place?

5. Regions

Geographers divide large areas into smaller parts. These smaller parts are called regions. A region is a group of places with at least one common characteristic.

Formal regions = areas in which a certain characteristic is found throughout the area.

Functional regions = consist of one central place and the surrounding places affected by it.

In which regions is your place located? What are the common characteristics?

Go to the world atlas. Pick a place in the world on one of the 7 continents besides North America. Use the world atlas and the internet to answer the highlighted questions below about your chosen place.

1. Location

Absolute location = exact location, measured by longitude and latitude.

Relative location = where a place is located in relation to other places.

What is the absolute and relative location of your chosen place?

2. Place

Physical features (landforms, vegetation, and climate) and human characteristics (population, languages, customs, beliefs, economy, politics, architectural styles).

What is the character of your chosen place?

3. Relationships

Interactions between humans and environment.

How do people interact with the natural environment of your chosen place?

4. Movement

How do ideas, information, people, products move from one place to another?

How do people, goods, and ideas move between your chosen place?

5. Regions

Geographers divide large areas into smaller parts. These smaller parts are called regions. A region is a group of places with at least one common characteristic.

Formal regions = areas in which a certain characteristic is found throughout the area.

Functional regions = consist of one central place and the surrounding places affected by it.

In which regions is your place located? What are the common characteristics?