unit one vocabulary. region region – an area of earth’s surface with one or more shared...
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Location
• Location – where something is. Absolute location defines the exact spot on Earth. Relative location describes the position of a place in relation to another place.
Place
• Place – can be described both by its physical location and by its physical and human feature.
Human Characteristics
• Human Characteristics of land – changes to the land that were made by people
Human-Environmental Interaction
• Human-Environmental Interaction – how people and their surroundings affect each other (p 7)
Hemisphere
• Hemisphere – halves of the globe. The equator divides the globe into 2 halves – northern and southern. The Prime Meridian and International Dateline divide the globe into 2 halves – eastern and western (p 5)
Latitude
• Latitude - imaginary lines that circle the globe and run east to west. Also called parallels because they are parallel to the equator (p 4)
Longitude
• Longitude – imaginary north-south lines that circle the globe and that pass through the north and south Poles (p 5)
Confederation
• system where independent states join together and give limited powers to a common government