Geography
This is the study of our surroundings-the physical features that describe places on Earth and how people make decisions.
What is geography?
characteristics include languages spoken, customs practiced, and belief systems.
human geography
the study of governments and how they are organized.
Political science
the study of how decisions about the distribution of resources are made.
Economics
____ Location; uses latitude and longitude to find the exact location of a place on Earth.
Absolute
characteristics include land-forms, climate, vegetation.
physical geography
how a citizen's actions affect the community.
Civic life
the situation that exists when there is unlimited amount of wants/demands, but not enough supply.
Scarcity
An imaginary line that measures a location's distance north or south of the equator.
Latitude
Human interaction with the ___ can have negative effects like erosion or pollution.
environment
a part of your life that you spend alone or with your family.
personal life
the voluntary exchange of goods and services between people and countries
trade
Longitude
Characteristics include common history, similar geography, shared culture, shared dialect.
Regions
the people and institutions that have the authority to make and enforce laws.
Government
occurs when a person, business, or country focuses on producing the goods/services they can make the best.
Specialization
___ location; a location described based on where it is in relation to somewhere else.
relative location
having to do with one's own country
domestic