A | B |
human and environmental interaction | way of life |
location | Where is it? |
region | unifying characteristics |
place | What's it like? |
movement | moving people, goods and ideas |
relative location | where something is in relation to the things around it |
absolute location | exact position or address |
Location means | a place's position on the earth's surface. |
Place means | the physical and human characteristics of a spot. |
Regions may include features that are | natural or cultural. |
How people use their resources is linked | to the culture in which they live. |
Regions make the study of geography | more manageable. |
perspective | how we see the world arond us |
geography | the study of the earth |
climate | the average weather over time |
weather | the condition of the atmosphere at any one time |
5 Themes of Geography | Help us organize information about the Earth and its people |