Physical Geography

define

100

Define: movement 

1. helps explain how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another

200

Define: Human-enviroment interaction

1. how people interact with (affect/shape) physical characteristics of their environment and how their natural environment affects them

300

Define: region

an area that has a similar climate, land, population, culture, or history, to another area

400

Define: Location 

Where a place is located (relative - what it is near; absolute - coordinates or address)

500

Define: Place

1. the physical and human characteristics (features) of an area

parts of map

100

What is a Key/Legend?

1.  explains what the symbols/colors represent on a map

200

what is a scale?

1.  gives you the relative distance on the map to the real world

300

what is the compass rose?

1. tells the cardinal directions (N, S, E, W) and intermediate directions (NW, NE, SW, SE)