PLACE LOCATION MOVEMENT REGION HUMAN/ENVIRONM ENT INTERACTION

LOCATION Definition: *Where a place is* Absolute Location exact location using latitude and longitude Relative Location location of a place in relation to another placeExample: Melbourne Australia, 38° S, 145 °E Wrentham is south of Boston

PLACE Definition: *What a place is like* Physical Features climate, landforms, bodies of water, plants, animals Human Characteristics features that humans have createdExamples: Volcanoes, Grand Canyon, glaciers, rivers Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty

Physical Feature or Human Characteristic?

REGION Definition Definition: Geographers group places into regions A region is a group of places that have physical characteristics or human characteristics in common Examples Examples: Spanish speaking language region South Asia Corn Belt in the United States

MOVEMENT Definition Definition: People, goods, and ideas move from one Place to another Examples Examples: People  population Goods  clothing, mail Ideas  religion, language

HUMAN- ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION Definition: Humans are shaped by environment and environment is shaped by humansExamples: Pollution Fishing Farming Recycling