P.5geography Flashcards
- What is absalute location
-ABSOLUTE LOCATION GIVES PIN POINT LOCATION TO HELP FIND A PLACE. IT CAN REFERENCE TO LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE.
- What is relative location
describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places.
3.PLACE–PLACE
GIVES A CLEAR DESCRIPTION OF THE HUMAN AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
4.HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
THIS DESCRIBES HOW HUMANS INTERACT WITH THE ECOSYSTEM IN BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE WAYS. IT ALSO DESCRIBES HOW THEY ADJUST AND ADAPT TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOW THEY ADJUST THE ENVIRONMENT ITSELF.
5.MOVEMENT—MOVEMENT
IS THE THEME THAT STUDIES MOVEMENT AND MIGRATION ACROSS THE PLANET.
6.FORMAL REGION
are those that are designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries. For the most part, they are clearly indicated and publicly known.
7.FUNCTIONAL REGION
are defined by their connections. For example, the circulation area for a major city area is the functional region of that paper.
8.VERNACULAR REGION
are perceived regions, such as “The South,” “The Midwest,” or the “Middle East;” they have no formal boundaries but are understood in our mental maps of the world.
9.CIVILIZATION
THE STAGE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATION THAT IS CONSIDERED MOST ADVANCED. EX. TOWN, CITY , COUNTRY
Resources
Things of value and effort used to produce goods and services
Labor
All human effort including the knowledge and skills used in the production of goods
Land
Gifts of nature: natural resources used to produce goods and services, for example, land, minerals, and trees
Entrepreneurship
Other willingness to assume the risks of Organizing coordinating resources to produce goods and services
