World Geography Section 1 Vocab

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Hemisphere

half of a sphere or globe, as in earth's Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Relative Location

location in relation to other places

Movement

ongoing movement of people, goods, and ideas

Functional Region

a central point and the surrounding territory linked to it

Place

a particular space with physical and human meaning

Formal Region

a region defined by a common characteristic, such as production of product

Perceptual Region

a region defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data

Location

a specific place on the earth

Grid System

pattern formed as the lines of latitude and longitude cross one another

Regions

places united by specific characteristics

Ecosystem

the complex community of interdependent living things in a given environment

Absolute Location

the exact position of a place on the earth's surface

Human-Environment Interaction

the study of the interrelationship between people and their physical environment


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