Geo Unit 1 Vocabulary

the interaction between human beings and their environment in particular places and across spatial areas

• human geography

• political factors

• physical geography

• social factors

The functions and procedures of government, laws, and elected officials; political aspects of a situation; factors that often deal with the topic of power and control: Who has it? How did they get it? Who wants it? How will that individual/group achieve various levels of influence and power?

• economic factors

• political factors

• environmental factors

• social factors

Defining characteristics include language, religion, leisure activity, customs, traditions, food, clothing; these factors also relate to population density, immigration, cultural diversity, lifestyle, leisure time, traditional roles within society, the impact of cultural customs and traditions and so on.

• economic factors

• political factors

• environmental factors

• social factors

Includes examining the physical environment and/or geographical setting that impacts people in a given region or the at the outcome of an historical event; these factors also include how the physical geography affects resource distribution, political power, social/cultural factors; it may also include conservation and the changing aspects of resource management.

• economic factors

• political factors

• environmental factors

• social factors

the natural features of the earth's surface, including land formations, climate, currents, and distribution of flora and fauna

• human geography

• environmental factors

• physical geography

• social factors

cartography

• depicts land and water forms and other physical features

• depicts man-made political divisions on earth's surface (outlines of places on the map) - countries, states, cities

• indicates special information such as population density, land use, resources, climate zones

• the science or practice of drawing maps

special purpose maps

• depicts land and water forms and other physical features

• depicts man-made political divisions on earth's surface (outlines of places on the map) - countries, states, cities

• indicates special information such as population density, land use, resources, climate zones

• the science or practice of drawing maps

political maps

• depicts land and water forms and other physical features

• depicts man-made political divisions on earth's surface (outlines of places on the map) - countries, states, cities

• indicates special information such as population density, land use, resources, climate zones

• the science or practice of drawing maps

physical maps

• depicts land and water forms and other physical features

• depicts man-made political divisions on earth's surface (outlines of places on the map) - countries, states, cities

• indicates special information such as population density, land use, resources, climate zones

• the science or practice of drawing maps

simple representations using symbols

• bar graphs

• pictographs

• line graphs

• multi-line graphs