Name: ________________________________
Quinless/Bramhall
World Cultures and Geography
Date: ___ / ___ / ___
Study Guide: Chapter 1, Sections 1.1-1.3
Part 1: Vocabulary
Directions: identify and explain the following vocabulary terms
1. Spatial Thinking
4. Categorize
2. Geographic Patterns
5. Global Positioning System
7. Relative Location
8. Region
3. Geographic Information System
6. Absolute location
9. Continent
10. Human Feature
11. Physical Feature
Part 2: Five Themes of Geography
Directions: you must be able to:
Theme 1: Location
1) Define Location
2) Explain ways a geographer can identify the location of an area on Earth
3) Explain the difference between absolute and relative location.
Theme 2: Place
1) Define Place
2) Describe the physical features of an area on Earth
3) Describe the human features of an area on Earth
Theme 3: Human-Environment Interaction
1) Define Human-Environment Interaction
2) Explain how humans affect the environment (positively and negatively)
3) Explain how the environment affects humans (positively and negatively)
4) Identify ways humans adapt to the environment.
Theme 4: Movement
1) Define Movement
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Identify examples of transportation
Identify goods that move from place to place
Identify ideas that move from place to place
Explain how the environment can limit movement
Theme 5: Region
Define region
Explain reasons why geographers break the world up into different regions
Identify a region that is determined by human features
Identify a region that is determined by physical features
Part 3: Continents and Oceans Map
Directions: Be able to identify the following on a map of the world:
Continents:
1) Africa
6) Australia
2) Antarctica
3) North America
4) South America
5) Asia
7). Europe
Oceans:
1) Arctic
2) Pacific 3) Atlantic 4) Indian 5) Southern
Part 4: World Regions Map
Directions: be able to identify the following regions on a regional map of the world:
1) North America
2) South America
4) Russia and Eurasian Republics
7) Sub-Saharan Africa
3) Central America and the Caribbean
5) Southwest Asia and North Africa 6) South Asia
8) East Asia
9) Southeast Asia
11) Australia, the Pacific Realm, and Antarctica
10) Europe