| A | B |
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| Five themes of geography | Movement, Region, Location, Human environmnet interaction, Place |
| Formal Regions | Places that share similar characteristics (Midwest, Rocky Mt. Region, Corn Belt) |
| Functional Regions | "Places connected by one or more kinds of movement (Boston Metropolitan area, Amazon River) |
| Human Characteristics | Language, customs, settlement patterns, and population |
| Physical Characteristics | Landforms, climate, and vegetables |
| Interstate Trade | Movement of people, goods, and ideas between places |
| People changing the environment | Ex: Irrigation systems, houses, and roads |
| Equator | Imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South poles, running East to West |
| Absolute and Relative | Two types of location |
| Movement | People, goods, and ideas moving from place to place |
| Prime Meridian | Runs through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England |
| Latitude | Run North and South of the Equator (15 degrees N) |
| Longitude | Runs East and West of the Prime Meridian (46 degrees E) |
| Absolute Location | Gives specific location (30 degrees N, 68 degrees W) |
