World Geo Chp 1 Vocab

 the study of where people, places,and things are located and how they relate to each other.

• History

• Geography

• Ecology

• Zoology

 the windblown deposits of mineral-rich dust and silt

• lobes

• toothless

• loess

• dust

its position on the globe

• landmass

• absolute location

• west

• culture

computer technology to collect, manipulate, analyze, and display data about the earth’s surface in order to solve geographic problems.

• GIS

• ABC

• CIS

• PBS

half of the earth

• Longitude

• Africa

• Trans-Atlantic

• hemisphere

its relation compared to other places.

• global positioning

• relative location

• directional mapping

• absolute location

consists of the place’s physical characteristics and human characteristics

• character of climate

• character of culture

• character of a place

• character of religion

a viewpoint that is influenced by one’s own culture and experiences.

• bias

• culture

• dichotomy

• perception

areas in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area.

• formal region

• regional location

• map rose

• formulation of location

consist of a central place and the surrounding places affected by it.

• functional region

• lateral region

• longitudinal region

• isthmus