World Geo

The ratio of a distance on Earth compared to the same distance on a map

Map Scale

Meridians which measure east and west of the Prime Meridian

lines of longitude

Area in which everyone shares a common characteristic

formal/uniform region

Reason hunter-gathers move from place to place

to find food

Map component used to define symbols on the map

The Legend

Scientists who study the remains of a civilization

Archeaologists

A factor that motivates a person to migrate away from an area

Push Factor

Homo Habilis

Lived 2.4 million to 1.6 million years ago. Habilis means handyman. The 1st to make stone tools. Used stone tools to cut and crack bones. Evidence shows they could cut animal meat.

Characteristics of civilization

Cities, government, religion, social structure, writing, and art

Region that has vague boundaries because it allows for personal interpretation

perceptual region

Many people living closely together in a particular area

community/population

People who have no permanent settlement, but move from place to place

nomads/nomadic

Parallels which measure north and south of the Equator

parallels of latitude

First human-like hominids to walk upright

Australopithecus

Region distinguished by a centralized hub with surrounding areas and structures that relate to a common activity

functional region

The reason people stopped being nomadic in the Neolithic Era

the development of agriculture and domestication of animals

Allows for layering of physical and man-made information

Geographic informational Systems

Area believed to be the origin of man

Africa

The movement of people from one place to another

migration

A factor that motivates a person to move to a particular region

pull factor

Technology used to determine the absolute location on Earth

Global Positioning System

First things made by humans

stone tools and controlled fire

Qualities or features that are man-made

cultural/artificial/human features

Cave paintings were particular to the era

Paleolithic (old Stone Age)

The exact position (location) on the earth

Absolute location

A manmade item of cultural or historical interest

Artifact

Maps that focus on a particular topic

Thematic Maps

Physical trait of the earth's climate that signaled the transition to the Neolithic age

Climate became warmer