Social Studies Weekly - Texas Edition - Week 2 Vocabulary

the average weather conditions of a place over an extended period of time

• climate

• invasive species

• region

• human characteristics

defined by political features such as cities, states, countries, and continents

• economic region

• political region

• climate region

• physical region

groups of states that have similar industries that are the major economic force for that area

• economic region

• political region

• region

• physical characteristics

features that are part of a natural environment

• economic region

• human characteristics

• region

• physical characteristics

an area that has similar characteristics

• economic region

• political region

• region

• physical characteristics

features that come from human ideas and interactions that people have with their environment

• human characteristics

• invasive species

• human-environment interaction

• physical characteristics

the relationship between people and the environment, including the ways in which people depend on, modify, and adapt to the environment

• human characteristics

• invasive species

• human-environment interaction

• physical characteristics

organisms that have been brought to a place where they are not meant to live

• physical characteristics

• human characteristics

• invasive species

• human-environment interaction