6th Grade World Geography

You have 5 minutes to complete this test. Match the appropriate definition to the vocabulary.

But first, it will be helpful to define more terms that will be used in this chapter and elsewhere in this book.

Globalization- movement between people, ideas, and cultures. Moves people to interact on a global scale.

The Five Themes of Geography are: Location – Absolute points on a map or grid or Relative to where something may be; Place – The physical and/or human characteristics of a locations; Human/Environment Interactions – How humans have impacted the landscape or environment; Relationship between places Movement – How humans interact on the earth (i.e. how they communicate over distance (short or long)) and Regions – a unit of space that has commonalities defined by physical, human and environmental geography. The Explorers of the New World may have not known what the Five Themes of Geography were but they quickly learned. Of the five themes the ones that they all took advantage of was the physical Location and Place as they learned to navigate

Directions: Read the captioned book. Then answer the questions contained in this study guide. Post your completed document to the appropriate assignment box on the course website.

Directions: Read the captioned book. Then answer the questions contained in this study guide. Post your completed document to the appropriate assignment box on the course website.

*If you go through each item on this study guide and read about it on the REFerenced page and corresponding TOPic in your text, you should have an excellent study guide for the Final Exam. If you do not do this, you will likely fail this exam miserably!

Use the lecture folder to help you complete this guide. The more detail you can provide the better prepared for the test you will be.

Define the following terms. Your definitions must be in your own words; do not copy them from the textbook.

Cronulla is a beachside suburb in southern Sydney, it is located 34.0574° S, 151.1522° E which is 26 kilometres south of the Sydney CBD (see figure 2). It is governed by the Sutherland Shire Council. Cronulla’s coastal environment is on the Kurnell Peninsula, which is made up of a tombolo. A tombolo is a sand spit connecting a rocky outcrop or island to the mainland. So this forms a barrier between Botany Bay and Bate Bay. The two areas of study visited were Wanda Beach and the Greenhills Beach development.

vocabulary words we will discuss the definition of each of the words to make sure

E. Choose five of the following terms and give a brief definition of each. (2 points each, 10 total)

Directions:  Answer each question in a paragraph—be sure to give specific details and examples.  Remember that each of these questions has multiple parts to it.  You must type your responses out and hand it to me by the end of our class period.

Vocabulary—For each of the terms, give the definition and the significance relative to world history of each.

After reading the course resources, answer questions 1-10. (10 points each)
Please take time to answer each question completely.