Regions Vocabulary

The shape or form of physical features of Earth’s surface such as mountains, hills, or valleys

• Climate
• Population
• Landforms
• Economy

How a society produces and distributes goods and services. Characteristics can include natural resources, agricultural products, and levels of income.

• Landforms
• Economy
• Climate
• Population

Characteristics and data about the people in a place such as their ages, size of their families, and birth and death rates

• Population
• Climate
• Economy
• Culture

The learned behavior of people including belief systems, languages, and religions

• Economy
• Population
• Landforms
• Culture

The average weather conditions such as temperatures, wind, and rainfall

• Landforms
• Climate
• Population
• Culture

An area where people share common cultural characteristics, such as beliefs, foods, language, ways of dress and style of homes.

• Physical Region
• Cultural Region
• Climate Region
• Economic Region

An area that shares landforms, climate, and/or plant and animal life. It has physical characteristics that are different from those of areas outside the region.

• Cultural Region
• Economic Region
• Physical Region
• Climate Region

An area with common characteristics that make it distinct from other areas,

• Region
• Landform
• Culture
• Economy

A principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided

• region

• criterion

• culture

• climate

The number of people living in an area per square mile.

• population

• culture

• population density

• region