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KSA Geography 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| the exact geographic spot where something is located based on latitude and longitude | Absolute Location |
| the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe | Afro-Eurasian |
| an important city in a state or region where the government is located | Capital |
| a feature that helps to identify, describe, or distinguish something | Characteristic |
| a group of people who share common interests and typically a space, culture, or environment | Community |
| the learned behaviors of people, including norms, values, beliefs, language, and social systems | Culture |
| ideas, belief systems, or behaviors that define a group of people | Cultural Characteristics |
| the spreading of ideas and cultural traits from one place to another | Cultural Diffusion |
| groups of people with different racial, religious, ethnic, or national backgrounds | Diverse Groups |
| the ability to understand viewpoints from different groups of people | Diverse Perspectives |
| features of a place shaped by natural processes or the physical environment | Environmental Characteristics |
| natural characteristics such as mountains, water, soil, and climate | Geographic Features |
| tools like maps, globes, graphs, and satellite images used to show Earth’s features | Geographic Representations |
| understanding how people and places are connected across the world | Global Interconnectedness |
| traits or features commonly found in people | Human Characteristics |
| a place where people build structures to live | Human Settlement |
| groups that survive by hunting and gathering, often moving to find resources | Hunter-Gatherer Societies |
| a person who moves to a new country to live permanently | Immigrant |
| when people or places depend on each other | Interdependence |
| physical features of Earth such as mountains, plains, and valleys | Landforms |
| when nations depend on each other for goods and resources they cannot produce efficiently on their own | Economic interdependence |
| participation in buying and selling goods and services across countries | Global market |
| resources that are finite, such as land, time, and materials | Limited resources |
| Physical products you can buy | Goods |
| Tasks performed by others for you | Services |
| a person who moves into a new country to live permanently | Immigrant |
| a person who moves from one place to another, often for work or temporary reasons | Migrant |
| a person who leaves their country to live somewhere else | Emigrant |
| movement of people from one place to another | Migration |