Basic Geography
An area that shares common characteristics with other parts of the world (i.e. culture, business trade, holiday celebrations)
What is a region?
Contains areas such as quiet neighborhoods, large yards, and a short drive to the grocery store
What are suburban areas?
An area of land consisting of cities
What is an urban area?
An area of land consisting of farm lands, lots of grassland, and a long drive to the closest mall
What are rural areas?
Hills, Mountains, Plateaus
What are landforms?
a feature on earth's surface
What is a landform?
Quiet neighborhoods vs. crowds of people and tall buildings
What are Suburban areas vs. Urban areas?
A type of urban area containing sightseeing attractions such as Time Square and The Statue of Liberty
What is New York City?
Plateaus, Valleys, and Hills are seen on a farm
What are landforms in rural areas?
A raised area of land
What is a hill?
A nation with a high standard of living
What is an industrialized nation?
What are some places in suburban areas?
A type of area that contains busy streets, a lot of people, and many tall buildings.
A type of area that houses animals that are taken care of with a lot of grasslands and far distances from local stores
What is an urban area vs. a rural area?
Farmers and Foresters work on rural areas
What are jobs in rural areas?
A very tall, roller-coaster looking type of landform that is typically seen in the distance.
What is a mountain?
Where people vote for their own leaders and lawmakers
What is a democracy?
Hills and mountains
This is popularly seen in an urban area. Is a very tall building with a sharp point at the top of it. You can take an elevator to the top of it. A very well-known tourist attraction in New York City
What is the Empire State Building?
Cars, Buses, Trains
What are ways people can travel from place to place in rural areas?
A flat area of land with gentle slopes along the sides of mountains
What is a plain?
A section of long mountains. The Rocky Mountains has a 3,000 mile long section of this
What is a mountain chain?
Towns such as Goshen, NY. Monroe, NY, and Warwick, NY
What are suburban areas in New York?
A type of tall building in cities with sharp tips at the top that look like they will "scratch the sky"
What is a skycraper?
An area of land in a rural area where animals are commonly seen such as horses, pigs, and goats
What is a farm?
An elevated area of land with steep sides that appear like cliffs
What is a plateau?