TCI Unit 1, Lesson 2: A Spacial Way of Thinking

What is a region?

Click all the answers that are correct: What could you learn from a climate map?

Water entirely surrounded by land?

How are temperate grassslands and tropical grasslands different?

Why do places in tropical latitudes, close to the equator, have hot weather year round?

A physical features map may include such features as...

The "Corn Belt" is a region based on...

Which economic activity is linked to the natural resources of the area?

What is an example of a region defined by economic activity?

What kind of plant is best adapted to an arid climate?

A landform is...

A low-lying area between mountains of hills is called...

A region drained by a river and its tributaries; a low lying area is called...

A landform surounded by water on 3 sides is called a...

What shows the average temperature and precipitation in a place over a year?

More than half of the land in Africa is used for subsistence farming, in which...

The study of the Earth and its people is called...

A line of mountains connected by high ground is called...

What kind of housing would you expect to find most often in an area with a very high population density?

What could you use to show patterns of land use?

What mystery did John Snow solve in 1854 by thinking like a geographer?

In which vegetation zone would we find small trees and bushes adapted to Mediterranean climate?

Rivers are needed for which type of resource?

An area where water meets land is called...

One example of a thematic map that shows human geography is...

Which of the following is a body of water?

Small scrubby bushes, low grass, and moss are commonly found in which climate zone?

An example of a human geography map is...

An area of land that is flat with a high elevation is called...

Plains and Plateaus are both...

Part of an ocean enclosed by an inward curving stretch of coastline is called...

Which land use best describes the Detroit, Michigan area?

One of the most densely populated places on Earth is...

Narrow Strip of land with sea on either side is called...

To calculate the population density of a place, you

What are coal, iron, uranium, and petroleum?