Community Regions
Another name for a city areas.
Urban
A shape or feature on the Earth's surface.
Landform
An area that shares one or more features.
Region
A place where people live, work, and play together.
Community
Things found in nature that are useful to people.
Natural Resources.
This symbols tells you which way is North on a map
Compass Rose
A large area of land, mostly flat.
Plains
Geopgraphy
A rule that tells people how to behave in their community.
The water, soil, air, and living things around you.
Environment
Areas far from cities.
Rural
The way the wind and water wear away the land, bit by bit.
Erosion
A dry area where little rain falls and few plants grow
Desert
An official member of a community.
Citizen
Resources that cannot be replaced.
Nonrenewable Resources
A community near a city.
Suburb
High land with a flat top.
Plateau
The land next to an ocean
Coast
The number of people who live in an area
Population
Resources that can be replaced
Renewable Resources
Area on a map that tells you what the symbols mean.
Map Key
(or: legend)
The weather of a a place over a long period of time.
Climate
Anything that dirties, the air, soil, or water.
Pollution
What are some landforms that draw people to live in a region?
Any of these: farmable flat land, near water, good climate.
These renewable resources cannot be used all the time.
Flow Resources