Vocabulary Unit 1

The study of earth and its people, places and environments

• Geography

• location

• Region

• Place

A group of places that are close to one another and share some characteristics

• Geography

• Region

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

The exact location of something

• Relative Location

• Place

• Absolute location

• Limited government

A description of the physical and human characteristics of an area

• Place

• Institutions

• Culture

• Region

Long standing practices, traditions that regulate a group

• Institutions

• Culture

• Culture trait

• Limited government

The behaviors and characteristics of a particular group

• Culture

• Culture Traits

• Place

• Region

A characteristic, such as language, beliefs, food or customs that is shared by a group

• Culture trait

• Limited government

• Place

• Absolute location

A government which is limited in power and is led by its citizens

• Limited government

• Unlimited government

• culture

• communist

government whose power is placed solely with the ruler and his/her appointees the people have no influence in the decisions or actions

• Limited government

• unlimited government

• institutions

• culture

An economic system in which private citizens make decisions about production, prices, and distribution without government intervention. Also called a “market economy”

• Command economy

• Free enterprise

• mixed economy

• unlimited government