Vocab
This is the study of people, places, and environments.
Geography
This is the term geographers use to describe the total number of people who live in a specified area.
population
What is a people that shares a language, customs, and a common heritage?
ethnic group
This is a threat to the environment, and is an increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere.
global warming
What are the five themes of Geography.
Location
Place
Region
Movement
Human-Enviroment Interaction
This is an exact position using latitude and longitude, or a description of a place in relation to places around it.
Where are the largest populations found today?
habitable lands
This is an important influence on people's culture.
religion
urban areas = cities
rural areas = ___________
farms or small villages
One event that can cause cultural change.
agricultural revolution
This is the gradual physical and chemical breakdown of rocks on the Earth's surface.
weathering
This is the shared attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors of a group.
culture
These people moved from place to place to find food.
nomads
What is an organization set up to make and enforce rules for a society?
government
products or resources that come into a country = ____
imports
This is to raise or tend to crops and animals.
domestication