Social Studies Vocabulary Week 1 & 2 Review

is the study of Earth, its people, and how things change over time

• Geography

• Location

• Absolute location

• Cartographers

is someone that think about people and how they live and work in their environment

• Place

• Geographer

• Region

• Cartographers

refers to a particular place

• movement

• migration

• Location

• place

tells us where something is in relation to something else

• Absolute Location

• Physical Characteristics

• Human Characteristics

• Relative Location

is the exact location of something

• Absolute Location

• Place

• Migration

• Globe

a person who creates maps

• Human Characteristics

• Movement

• Cartographers

• Migration

how we describe what a location is like

• Region

• Geography

• Location

• Place

are parts of a locations natural environment, including forests, mountains, oceans, and rivers

• Physical Characteristics

• Human Characteristics

• Migration

• Maps

include the political boundaries of states, cities, and towns

• Human Characteristics

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Place

• Geography

is the relationship between people and the environment; including how people depend on, modify, and adapt to the environment

• Migration

• Movement

• Human- Environment Interaction

• Place