Community
A city
Example: Chicago, Los Angeles, Madison
Urban
A model of the Earth
Globe
Half of Earth
Hemisphere
When a city or town becomes abandoned and almost no one lives there.
Ghost town
A way of life shared by members of a group.
Culture
A group of people who live and work in one place.
Community
The weather a place has over a long period of time.
Climate
Imaginary line dividing the globe in half from north to south.
Prime Meridian.
A form of transportation using trains
What is a railroad?
A kind of paradise, an imagined community that is supposed to be perfect.
What is a utopia?
The number of people living in a place.
Population
Natural features on Earth's surface, such as hills, plains, or coasts
Landforms
Equator
People who travel to a place for a vacation
Tourists
Goods that are made in factories
What are manufactured products?
A smaller town or city near a larger city.
Example: Sun Prairie, Niles, Verona
Suburb
An area with a dry hot climate
Desert
Exactly where something is.
Absolute location
The movement of people and goods from place to place
Transportation
The countryside, farms, and small towns.
Example: Waterloo, Marshall, Columbus
Rural
Things found in nature that people can use, such as trees, water, soil, and minerals.
Natural Resources
Where something is in relation to something else.
Relative Location
The capital of Virginia before the Revolutionary War
What is Williamsburg, Virginia?
Countries that depend on each other for buying and selling natural resources and manufacturing products.