Location & Place
The exact place on Earth using coordinates like latitude and longitude
What is Absolute Location?
An area with shared features or characteristics
What is Region?
When one country takes control of another place and settles there
What is Colonialism?
The usual weather conditions over a long period of time
What is Climate?
Growing crops and raising animals for food
What is Agriculture?
How a place is located compared to other places nearby
What is Relative Location?
A region with clear boundaries and shared traits
What is Formal Region?
The spread of ideas, customs, and cultures from one place to another
What is Cultural Diffusion?
A variety of plants and animals in an area
What is Biodiversity?
Natural energy sources like coal, oil, and gas
What is Fossil Fuel?
The physical features of a place (land, water, climate)
What is Site?
A region organized around a center or activity (like a city)
What is Functional Region?
The place where a culture begins
What is Cultural Hearth?
Large, flat areas of land
What is Plains?
Relying on other places for energy resources
What is Energy Dependency?
The importance of a place based on what is around it
What is Situation?
A region based on people’s opinions or feelings
What is Perceptual Region?
Features of people, such as language, religion, and population
What is Human Characteristics?
Land that is good for growing crops
What is Fertile?
The cutting down of large areas of trees
What is Deforestation?
Changes people make to survive in their environment
What is Adaptation?