Chapter 1 Sections 1-3 Terms

A location described by characteristics that include landforms, climate, vegetation, and other natural characteristics

• relative location

• relative location

• physical geography

• human geography

the study of different types of governments

• History

• political science

• Philosopher

• civic life

a location described by where it is in relation, or compared, to somewhere else

• relative location

• absolute location

• longitude

• geography

a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment

• Politics

• Government

• longitude

• Philosopher

an imaginary line that measures a location’s distance north or south of the Equator

• longitude

• latitude

• environment

• absolute location

the story of the successes and failures from the past that shaped our world today

• Politics

• civic life

• History

• environment

a description of a place using characteristics that include languages spoken, customs practiced, and belief systems

• personal life

• civic life

• geography

• human geography

an aspect of life that includes decisions people make about their own personal interests

• civic life

• personal life

• environment

• geography

an aspect of life that looks at how citizens’ decisions affect the local community and its decisions

• politics

• personal life

• civic life

• duty

an exact location on Earth, expressed using latitude and longitude

• relative location

• absolute location

• longitude

• latitude