Ch.1 Study Guide

the study of the world and the people and things that live ther

• geography

• landform

• plateau

• equator

a feature on the surface of the land

• geography

• landform

• plateau

• equator

a high steep sided area rising above the surrounding land

• geography

• landform

• plateau

• equator

the type of weather a place has over a long peiod of time

• geography

• climate

• plateau

• equator

the imaginary line around the middle of the Earth

• geography

• climate

• plateau

• equator

a tool, machine, or building people use to produce goods and servies

• capital resource

• human resource

• scarcity

• opportunity cost

a person and the skills and knowledge he or she brings to the job

• capital resource

• human resource

• scarcity

• opportunity cost

not having as much of something as people want

• capital resource

• human resource

• scarcity

• opportunity cost

the thing you give up when you decide to do or have something else

• capital resource

• human resource

• scarcity

• opportunity cost

the protection and wise use of natural resouces

• conservation

• human resource

• scarcity

• opportunity cost