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Chapter 1, Section 1: Themes of Geography

Learn and review the vocabulary having to do with the themes of geography.

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geographystudy of people, their environments and resouces
historystory of what has happened in peoples' lives
latitudeimaginary lines measuring distances north and south from the Equator
longitudeimaginary lines measuring distances east and west from the Prime Meridian
irrigateto bring water to
regionan area of the world that has similar, unifying characteristics
locationwhere a place is or where something happened
placedescription of the physical and human features
exact locationusing lines of latitude and longitude to know exactly where to find a place
relative locationdescribing where something is by relating it to other places
physical featuresclimate, soil, bodies of water, plant and animal life
human featurestypes of houses, means of transportation, ways of earning a living, languages and religions
interaction between people and their environmentways people adapt to or change the natural environment where they live
movementhow people, ideas and goods move around the world
themes of geographyhelp show the connection between geography and history


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