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Using Geography Skills
Guided Reading Activity I
Thinking Like a Geographer
Directions: Reading for Accuracy Read the section and complete the
activity below. Use your textbook to decide if a statement is true or
false. Write T or F in the blank, and if a statement is false, rewrite it
correctly on the line.
1. Geography is the study of the Earth and its planets.
2. Relative location is the exact spot on Earth where a geographic
feature is found.
3. Location describes the characteristics of a place.
4. Human-environment interaction describes how people affect
their environment and how their environment affects them.
5. Movement explains how and why people, ideas, and goods
move from place to place.
6. Place refers to areas of the Earth's surface that have several
unifying characteristics.
7. Physical geographers help people make decisions about
managing resources.
8. A period of 100 years is known as a millennium.
9. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) give out radio signals
that record the exact location of every place on Earth.
_ _ _ 10. The demand for geography teachers is expected to decline
in the future.
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