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Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| geography | the study of the spatial aspects of earth and the people who live on it |
| enviornment | surroundings that include physical |
| location | the position of a place on the earth's surface |
| absolute location | the exact position of a place on earth's surface expressed in latitude and longitude |
| relative location | the location of a place in relation to other places |
| place | a geographical location, unusually a town of city, and its physical and human characteristics |
| region | an area that is unified one or more common characteristics |
| human-eviormental interaction | how people use, adapt to, or change their surroundings and how the physical enviornment often affects human |
| movement | people interacting across the globe includes migration, transportation, and trade |
| plain | a landform that generally is level |
| barrier island | an island that protects the main body of land from ocean waves |
| escarpment | a steep cliff |
| fault | a weak place in the earth's crust |
| plateau | a broad, level landform that has steep cliffs- called excarpments- on at least one side and higher elevation then the surrounding land |
| aquifer | an underground water reservoir |
| savanna | grassland with scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth |
| grassland | an area where the natural vegetation is grass |
| middle latitude | an are where the natural vegetation is grass |
| norther | icy wind that blows in quickly |
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