1. LOCATION Where a place is located
2 Types
Absolute Location: exact position on the globe. Typically measured using lines of latitude and longitude
Relative Location: Where a place is compared to or in relation to other places. Ex: Horizon Elementary is 1 block South of PHS.

2. Plymouth, WI Absolute Location: 43.7N 88W Relative location:
11 miles West of Sheboygan

3. PLACE Characteristics that make a location unique
Physical Characteristics
Human Characteristics
Landforms, eco systems, and climate
Plymouth has kettles
Las Vegas has dessert, mountains, canyons
How people live, work and visit a place
Ex.: languages, customs, beliefs government

4. REGION: group of places with at least 1 common characteristic
Formal
Functional
Certain characteristics found everywhere like laws
Ex: States, cities, countries are all political regions
Perceptual: areas determined by how people feel about an area.
Ex: Upper Midwest- no exact borders (IL yes or no?)
Ex: Mexico North America or South America?
Central place and areas around it that are affected by it.
Ex: Amazon drainage basin
Ex: Chicago, IL

5. People, goods, and ideas move between places.
Movement
People, goods, and ideas move between places.
Ex: New Orleans uses ships on the Mississippi (MS) River to transport goods, gas, and, oil.
Ex: Silk Road across Afro-Eurasia exchanged goods, religion (Buddhism), and disease (Bubonic Plague)
Today?????? The Internet, TV, Magazines
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6. HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
How people use and affect their environment
How have they changed it? What are the consequences? (+ or -)
Accidental or intentional (on purpose)?
How the environment affects how people live
Think/pair/share an example of HEI.
Previous ex: Wind farm off of Cape Cod

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