Place A place is described by its physical and/or human characteristics physical - features including landforms, climate, and vegetation human - people who live there, political system, customs, economy, etc.

Regions Set of places that have similar attributes ex - Chinatown is a region of San Francisco ex - California is in the Western United States

Human-Environmental Interaction How do people use their environment? How have they changed it? How have people responded to these changes

Location Includes ABSOLUTE and RELATIVE location Absolute location is a places point on a globe or map Relative location is the places location compared to another place

Examples Of Relative Location Atwater is 30 miles from Modesto The United States is East of Japan Mississippi is in the Southern United States

How does absolute location work? Imaginary lines of latitude run parallel to the equator on a globe or map Imaginary lines of longitude run north and south between the two poles

More on longitude and latitude The equator is at 0º, while the poles are 90° north (N) and south (S) Lines of longitude are widest at the equator and come together at the poles

Movement As people, goods, and ideas move from place to place, they can change a places characteristics ex. - if communists invaded an overtook The United States, our countries geography would change