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6 Cards in this Set
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Absolute Location |
Exact location of a place |
Ex. Longitude & latitude |
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Relative Location |
Where a place is, related to other places |
Ex. Next door to my grandma's house |
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Place |
Everything in it (physical and cultural characteristics) |
Ex. Physical: climate/vegetation Cultural: population, buildings |
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Human - Environment Interaction |
Rely- need environment to survive
Modification- we modify environment to make it better for us
Adaptation- we change to work with original environment |
Ex. Rely: ancient Egyptians relied on the annual flooding of the Nile river for good soil
Modification: the ancient Egyptians built irrigation ditches to help water the crops
Adaptation: the ancient Egyptians built their homes on stilts above the flood plain
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Movement |
How two places are connected via people, goods, and ideas
People goods and ideas are connected by transportation, communication, and physical |
Ex. Transportation: boat, horses, cars
Communication: Internet, postal, talking
Physical: natural disasters, poverty, illnesses |
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Region |
Area defined by certain similar characteristics (can be either physical or cultural) |
Ex. Bc, Alberta, and Saskatchewan are part of the western region |
