| A | B |
|---|
| cultural diffusion | the way ideas, technology, religion, language, etc. spread over time and across space |
| human features | features of a place that are made by people--example: roads, buildings, canals, etc. |
| geographic context | ways that geography influences an event |
| physical features | geographic features found in nature, for example: mountains, lakes, streams, etc. |
| environment | all of the things that surround us |
| migration patterns | routes of movement for animals or people across or within a given area |
| regions | large area that has common features that set it apart from other areas |
| immigration patterns | routes of human movement from one area or country into another |
| patterns of settlement | describing similarities in the places and ways people move into and stay in a given area |
| geographic factors | the human and physical characteristics of a place |
| landform | individual feature of the land, for example: mountain, hill, valley, prairie, etc. |
| waterforms | individual water features such as ocean, gult, lake, bayou, etc. |
| urban | relating to the city |
| rural | relating to the countryside |
| suburban | a smaller community found in the area surrounding a city |
| adaptations to the environment | ways people learn to use and live with their environment, for ex: wearing cooler clothes, building an adobe house, etc. |
| modifications to the environment | changes made by people to their surroundings to improve their lifestyle |
