Geography Chapter 1 Lesson 1
This is all the terms and the emphasized ideas for the quiz on Monday!!!
Terms
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- region
- An area that shares common charcteristics.
- Geographic Information Systems
- A device that helps geographers gather many different kinds of info about the same place.
- Environment
- Natural Surroundings
- Maps and Globes
- the main tools used by Geographers
- Physical Characteristics and Human Characteristics
- 2 things Geographers study
- Human Characteristics
- Social characteristics of people living in the place.
- Physical Characteristics
- Land, water, landforms, plants, animals
- Landforms
- Individual features of the land.
- Geography
- The study of Earth and all it's variety
- Global Positioning System
- A device that uses the satellites in space to tell your exact location.
- fossil
- The remains of a living thing.
- artifact
- Tools, pottery, paintings, weapons, and other items left by ancient people.
- make accurate maps
- pictures from space