Movement Regions Location Interaction Place

Physical and human characteristics of a place or region Relationship between humans and their environment Culture – learned system of shared beliefs, traits, and values

People, goods, ideas, animals, & plants move from one place to another Migrate: to move from one place to another to settle

Reasons for moving: Push Factors—problems that push you away from an area. Example: poverty, overcrowding, lack of jobs, schools, prejudice, war, natural disasters Pull Factors—advantages that pull you toward an area. Examples: higher standard of living, employment, freedom, etc.

Natural barriers-mountain ranges, canyons, rivers etc. Can make migration difficult. Modern forms of transportation have made it easier for people to move.

A group of places that have physical features or human characteristics in common. Geographers use regions to understand the differences and similarities among places on earth. Ex-Languages, religions, similar cultures etc.

Natural region has its own unique combination of plant life, animal life, & climate. Natural Regions: 10 natural regions (listed on pg. 38 in textbook)

Allows you to find a place anywhere on earth. 2 types of location Absolute Relative

Absolute: exact spot on Earth where a place can be found. Uses Latitude and Longitude lines. Everywhere on earth has a “world address” that is made up of latitude & longitude coordinates

Relative: describes a place by its relation to other places.

Frisco, Texas Dallas, Texas Plano, Texas Austin, Texas Paris, Texas Houston, Texas

Occurs because humans depend on, adapt to, & modify the world around them. People and the environment continually interact!

People depend on their environment for items such as food and clothing. Some places are the way they are because people have modified them. –Ex: clearing land for farming

Humans have adapted their way of life to the natural resources around them. Ex: live near oceans, learned to fish or build your home from local materials or wear clothes according to environment

Changes by humans may hurt or help the environment. Ex: Pollution hurts the environment Ex: use public transportation=less pollution=healthier environment

The environment can also hurt people –Ex: hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados.

The first thing people want to know about a place is what is it like? Every place has a distinct group of physical features, such as climate, landforms, bodies of water and plant and animal life

Place can also have human characteristics or features that human beings have created such as cities and town governments and cultural traditions.

Three examples of how places can change: Rivers, forests, wetlands, glaciers and oceans continue to change Some changes are dramatic caused by erupting volcanoes, earthquakes and hurricanes Some changes are slow such as movement of glaciers or formation of deltas