Vocab Review

the study of physical features of the earth's surface

• Human Geography

• Physical Geography

• Regional Geography

• Thematic Geography

Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

• Temperature

• Weather

• Climate

• Precipitation

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

• Ecosystem

• Economy

• Physical Geography

• Human Geography

An area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.

• Formal Region

• Functional Region

• Perceptual Region

An area organized around a node or focal point

• Formal Region

• Functional Region

• Perceptual Region

a region defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data

• Formal Region

• Functional Region

• Perceptual Region

any natural characteristic of Earth's surface, such as landforms and bodies of water

• Maps

• Human Features

• Climate Features

• Physical Features

Conditions that draw people to another location or cause people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region

• Push-Pull Migration

• Civil War

• Immigration

• Traveling

the growth of cities

• Urbanization

• Globalization

the characteristics of a population with respect to age, race, and gender.

• Human Factors

• Developed Country

• Demographics

• Developing County