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Section 3
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The study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create.
What is geography?
100
An area's land, water, climate, plants, and animals
What is environment?
100
The study of the world's physical features
What is physical geography?
200
All the human and physical features that make a place unique.
What is landscape?
200
A specific description of where a place is located
What is absolute location?
200
The study of the world's people, communities, and landscapes
What is human geography?
300
A flat drawing that shows all or part of the Earth's surface
What is a map?
300
A general description of where a place is located
What is relative location?
300
The science of making maps
What is cartography?
400
A spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet.
What is a globe?
400
Because it deals with people and how they live
Why is geography sometimes called a social science?
400
The study of weather and what causes it
What is meteorology?
500
A field that studies people and the relationships among them
What is social science?
500
The two types of characteristics that define a region
What is human and physical?
500
The study of cities and how people live in them
What is urban geography?
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