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Region Vocabulary
Practice questions to prepare for test.
Term | Definition |
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Region | an area with common characteristics that make it distinct from other places |
Physical Region | an area that shares landforms, climate, and/or plant and animal life. |
Cultural Region | an area where people share common characteristics including beliefs, foods, languages, and common histories. |
Landforms | The shape or form of physical features of Earth's surface such as mountains, hills, or valleys. |
Climate | Average weather conditions, such as temperatures, wind, and rainfall of an area. |
Economy | How a society produces and distributes goods and services. |
Population | characteristics of people in a place such as their average ages, size of families, death or birth rates. |