Geography of Michigan - Lesson 1 and 2 Vocab

The study of places

• human characteristics

• geography

• state

• geographer

Someone who studies places

• geographer

• state

• county

• natural chracteristics

Things that were not made by students

• state

• border

• human characteristics

• natural characteristics

Parts of a place made by humans

• human characteristics

• border

• geography

• county

A county is...

• one of the 50 parts of our country

• A division of a state

A state is...

• A division of a state

• One of the 50 parts of our country

The place where one area ends and another begins

• geography

• natural characteristics

• government

• border

A group of elected citizens who make and carry out the rules for a community, state, or country

• border

• natural characteristics

• government

• state

Where a place is found

• border

• location

• map

• direction words

Where the exact location of a place is

• direction words

• absolute location

• state

• relative location