Geography Ch 1 Terms

________is a specific place on earth

________ _______is the exact spot at which the places is found on the globe.

• place

• location

• absolute location

• relative location

It is defined by a common characteristic such as the product produced.

• Functional region

• Formal region

• Perceptual region

• Region

A particular space with physical and human meaning.

• region

• place

• location

• grid system

_____system is the pattern formed as the lines of latitude and longitude cross one another.

Locating a place in relation to another place is called___________.

• relative location

• absolute location

• functional region

• place

The division of the earth into two halves is called_____________

• grid system

• equator

• hemisphere

• location

A central place and surrounding areas linked to it for examples a highway system.

• formal region

• functional region

• perceptual region

• place

A region defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data.

• formal region

• functional region

• perceptual region

• place

___________is a community of plants and animals that depend upon one another, and their surroundings for survival.