Vocabulary
Kinds of land
Landforms
Plateaus and valleys are examples of
landforms
A map that shows a region's physical features
landform map
Things people have added to a place.
Human Features
All the physical features, human features, and conditions of a place
Environment
Change
Adapt
Lowlands that lie between mountain ranges
Valleys
The four cardinal directions
North, South, East, West
What are built to provide people with food
Farms
How might people in a cold climate adapt?
Use fuel for heat
Warm clothes
Build shelters
Natural Resources such as oil, coal, and wood
fuel
Landform with steep sides and a flat top
Plateau
The four intermediate directions
Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast
A place where two routes meet
crossroads
A protected place with deep water that allows ships to come to shore
harbor
Natural Resources such as iron and gold
minerals
A places land, water, climate and plant life
physical features
In-between directions that give more exact information about the location of a place
Intermediate Directions
The path between one place and another
routes
This shortened the travel distance between New York and San Francisco in 1914
Panama Canal
A place with a very dry climate
Desert
The study of Earth's features
Geography
The world's longest continuous mountain chain
The Andes
Examples of human features
Answers may vary, must be built by humans
The plant life of a place depends on these.
The climate and the soil