Geography Unit Vocabulary

Your Absolute or Relative position on the Earth.

• Location

• Place

• Region

The Human and Physical characteristics of an area.

• Location

• Place

• Region

An area of the world where the land, climate, people, and culture have similar characteristics.

• Location

• Place

• Region

How goods, people and ideas move from one place to another. 

How people and the environment affect, modify and adapt to one another. 

The study of the people, places, and environments on earth.

The shared traditions, views, beliefs, and characteristics of a group of people.

• Geography

• Coordinates

• Culture

• Region

The Absolute location of a place on earth using Latitude and Longitude.

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Geography

• Coordinates

Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees.

Distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees.