5 themes of geography

Geography

________- study of the earth, its land, and people.

Human characteristics

________- man made /invented things such as languages, highways, religious practices, holiday /traditions, etc.

human characteristics

Place- a description based on its physical /________.

geography

study of the earth, its land, and people

location

Where are things located on earth

absolute location

the exact location/point (home address or coordinates)

relative location

describing a location based of its respective area (my house is next to the blue one)

place

a description based on its physical/human characteristics

physical characteristics

earth made things such as mountains, rivers, lakes, climates, etc

human characteristics

man made/invented things such as languages, highways, religious practices, holiday/traditions, etc

movement

How do people, products, ideas, and information get from one place to another

region

areas that are composed of places that have unifying characteristics; geographers look for similarities in climate, terrain, culture, political systems, etc

human environment interaction

how the environment and people are connected; how do we interact/change the environment