location
zero degrees latitude
natural elements of the enivorment, such as landforms, bodies of water, climate, vegetation and animal life
What are physical characteristics of a place?
landforms, bodies of water, plant and animal life, and climate
What are parts of the natural environment?
People might migrate to another country due to this
What is push and pull factors
based on shared characteristics
zero degress longitude
What is the prime meridian?
population density, languages spoken, religion, architecture, government, clothing, and food are examples of these
What are human characteristics of place?
cutting down trees
What is deforestation?
Something that draws someone to another place is called what?
a pull factor
If a region is based on the goods produced, bought, and sold there, it is based on what?
the regions economy
the exact coordinates of a place
What is absolute location?
Norway has both a king and a parliament that makes up the laws. This is an example of what?
what is government
building a dam
An example of a political push factor is...
Who creates regions?
humans
what something is near
What is relative location?
Norway is famous for its fjords. This is an example of what?
a physical characteristic or landform
roads, highways, bridges, buildings, and power supplies
What is infracstructure?
Unemployment and lack of jobs are examples of what kind of push factor?
economic
What is not permanent in a region and can change over time?
What are boundaries?
23 degrees north of the equator
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
what do we call the pattern of weather in a place over a long period of time?
What is climate?
farming without using pesticides
What is sustainable agriculture?
There are nearly 16 million of these in the world.
refugees
the main language spoken in North African countries
What is Arabic?