Vocab
Human Geography
People and Culture
Understanding the Earth
Everything Else
100

This is the study of people, places, and environments.  

Geography

100

This is the term geographers use to describe the total number of people who live in a specified area. 

population

100

What is a people that shares a language, customs, and a common heritage?

ethnic group

100

This is a threat to the environment, and is an increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere.  

global warming

100

What are the five themes of Geography.  

Location

Place

Region

Movement

Human-Enviroment Interaction

200

This is an exact position using latitude and longitude, or a description of a place in relation to places around it.  

location
200

Where are the largest populations found today?

habitable lands

200

This is an important influence on people's culture.  

religion

300
This is a large rigid section of the Earth's crust that is in constant motion. 
tectonic plate
300

urban areas = cities

rural areas = ___________

farms or small villages

300

One event that can cause cultural change. 

agricultural revolution 

400

This is the gradual physical and chemical breakdown of rocks on the Earth's surface. 

weathering

400

This is the shared attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors of a group. 

culture

400

These people moved from place to place to find food.  

nomads

500

What is an organization set up to make and enforce rules for a society? 

government 

500
Products or resources sold to other countries = exports


products or resources that come into a country = ____

imports

500

This is to raise or tend to crops and animals.  

domestication