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| Geography | The study of the earth and everything on it |
| Region | How the earth is divided up for study |
| Movement | The process of getting goods, services, and ideas from one place to another |
| Types of Regions | Formal, Functional, Perceptual |
| Functional Regions | Two places connected by movement back and forth |
| Human-Environment Interactions | How people use, change, or live with their environment |
| Place | Answers the question "What is is like" ex. weather, climate, vegetation, population, religion, culture, lifestyle |
| 5 Themes of Geography | Place, Region, Human-Environmental Interaction, Location, Movement |
| Relative Location | Described by landmarks or distance from one place to another |
| Most of the population of India practices the religion of Hindu | Example of Place |
| Many goods are shipped from China, to the United States | Example of Movement |
| Example of Relative Location | Sugar Land is southwest of Houston |
| Houston is located at 30°N latitude and 95°W longitude | Example of Absolute Location |
| United States, Sugar Land, England, Rocky Mountains | Example of Formal Region |
| Goods can be moved by land, air, and water | Example of Movement |
| Most people in Iran are Muslim | Example of Place |
| Ideas can be moved from person to person, by the media, and through the internet. | Example of Movement |
| Sugar Land is southwest of Houston | Example of Relative Location |
| The central area of the United States is known as the "heartland" | Example of Perceptual Region |
| Location | Where something is located on the earth's surface - ex. longitude, latitude, address, or landmarks |
