5 Themes - Basic Terms

Describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places.

____ can include landmarks, time or a point of reference.

___can be absolute or relative

This has both positive and negative effects on the environment.

Regions have some sort of characteristic that:

_____describes the human and physical characteristics of a location.

Divides the world into manageable units for geographic study.

This theme considers how humans adapt to and modify the environment.

Description: such as mountains, rivers, beaches, topography, animal and plant life of a place.

Humans move, a lot! Ideas, fads, goods, resources, and communication all travel distances.

______ is given in degrees of latitude and longitude.

____divides the world into manageable units for geographic study.