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Geography
6th Grade
10/14/2010

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The exact position on the Earth is called
Definition
absolute location
Term
What are the four oceans in order largest to smallest?
Definition
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Term
An area can be calle a region because of what 2 shared physical features?
Definition
landscape, climate
Term
What is the term for how far and in what direction one place is from another?
Definition
relative location
Term
Movement means not only the movement of people, but also the movement of what other 3 things?
Definition
ideas, information, products
Term
What are the four physical characters of a place?
Definition
landshape, plants, animal life, climate.
Term
Some human actions damages.
Definition
the natural environment.
Term
An area can be called a region because of what 4 shared human traits?
Definition
language, political boundries, religion, kinds of work people do.
Term
Areas that share some common characteristics are called a _________.
Definition
region
Term
People need to ________ their lives to some environmental conditions.
Definition
adapt
Term
What are the 5 common characteristics of people located in a place?
Definition
language, clothing, buildings, music, ways of making a
living.
Term
What are the five themes of geography?
Definition
location, place, human/environmental interaction,
movement, and region
Term
To measure the exact position on the globe, geographers use __________________________.
Definition
a grid system OR laditude and longitude
Term
Geography is the study of the Earth in all its _________.
Definition
variety
Term
In geography, we study how and why the places people create are ________________.
Definition
different
Term
In geography, we study what 4 things about people?
Definition
where they are, how they live, what they do, what they believe
Term
What are the seven continents in order from largest to smallest?
Definition
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica,
Europe, and Australia.
Term
In geography, we study what 4 things about the Earth.
Definition
land, water, plant life, and animal life.
Term
Geographers study the Earth as the home of _______________.
Definition
people
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