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Geography Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absolute Location | The definitive location of a place, using lattitude and longitude or street address. |
| Formal Region | Areas designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries |
| Place | The physical and human characterisitics of a location. |
| Human Environmental Interaction | The modification and adaptation of the physical environment by man. |
| Movement | The study of the migration of goods, ideas, people,and resources around the planet. |
| Relative Location | The general location of a place, using descriptions of surrounding features. |
| Functional Region | Area defined by the job that takes place there, like a paper route. |
| Vernacular Region | Regions that are defined by human perception, like "the south" or "the wrong side of the tracks" |