| A | B |
| location | the place where something is found |
| community | a group of people who live and work in the same place |
| natural resources | something from nature that people use |
| physical feature | something found in nature, such as weather, plant life, water, and land |
| human-made feature | something people have built, such as a building, a bridge, or a road |
| border | line that shows where a state or nation ends |
| intermediate directions | in-between directions that give more exact information about the location of a place |
| landform | a feature such as a mountain, a valley, a plain, or a hill |
| plateau | ladnform with steep sides and a flat top that rises high into the air |
| mountain range | large chain of mountains |
| valley | lowland that lies between hills or mountains |
| coastal plain | lowland plain that lies along a seacoast or an ocean |
| plain | flat, rolling stretch of land |
| climate | weather that a place has over a long period of time |
| deserts | hot, dry places |
| landform map | shows a place's physical features |
| trade | to exchange one thing for another |
| transportation | the movement of people, goods, and ideas |
| region | an area with at least one feature that makes it different from other areas |
| population | number of people |
| urban | a city |
| suburban | smaller communities near cities |
| rural | fields, woods, farms, and small towns |
| grid system | set of lines that cross each other to form boxes |