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Chapter 1 Section 1: The Six Essential Elements of Geography
Directions: using your textbook answer the following questions.
1. How many square miles is Texas and what is the population?
2. How many farms are in Texas and how much land is used for farming and ranching?
3. Why is geographic knowledge useful?
4. What are a few examples of physical and human characteristics of a place?
5. How would you define formal, functional, and perceptual regions?
6. A beach, an island, and a pond are all __________________.
7. What hurt farming and ranching in parts of Texas in the 1930s?
8. What examples are given to illustrate how human activity can positively and
negatively affect the environment?
9. What has the increase in population done to the environment of Texas?
10. If you were or your family were to buy a vacation home, how would geography and
the environment affect your decision on where to buy a home?
Chapter 1 Section 1 Vocabulary
1. Geography
2. Environment
3. Culture
4. Geographic information systems
5. Ecosystem
6. Migration
7. Urbanization
8. Roy Bedichek