Geography Vocabulary

The way people, goods, and services travel from place to place. The result of human's desire to obtain things they want.

Bodies of water, landforms, climate, animals, and plants.

The general position of something when compared to a known place or landmark.

Very specific position of something using the lines of latitude and longitude or a place's street address.

How the environment affects people's lives and how people affect the environment.

Movement, Region, Human-environmental Interaction, Location, and Place.

building cities, creating roads, planting crops, language, religions, traditions

The position of something on the earth.

The study of people, places, and the environment.

The physical geography of a place and how people adapt to and modify their surroundings.

Lines that run east and west around the world.

The way societies organize the production and distribution of goods and services.

The physical and human characteristics of an area.

Lines that run north and south around the world.

Areas that have characteristics (physical and cultural) that unite them and make them different from other areas.

The aspects of our society such as: culture language, religion, food, customs, and traditions-cultural traits.

The various ways societies are governed.