Intro to Geography

How people adapt to &/or change the environment

• movement

• relative location

• human interaction

• cartography

A position on the Earth’s surface

• location

• region

• longitude

• latitude

The physical & human characteristics of a location

• movement

• relative location

• longitude

• place

Latitude and longitude global address

• map

• movement

• absolute location

• relative location

map that shows country boundaries

• political map

• physical map

• globe

• thematic map

The study of people, places, and environments:

• Cartography

• Geology

• Geography

• Environmental

GPS uses ______________ to gather information about location.

• telescopes

• the moon

• satellites

• maps

horizontal lines that run parallel

• latitude

• longitude

• location

• equator

How people, products, information, & ideas go from

one place to another

• region

• longitude

• movement

• human interaction

Area defined by certain similar physical & human characteristics

• region

• place

• relative location

• political map