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 travel from one place to another. 

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

The study of the earth; its people, places, and environments.

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.