Location - CORRECT ANSWER The place where a thing is; it can be defined absolutely or relatively
Absolute Location - CORRECT ANSWER The location of a
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geographic grid
Relative Location - CORRECT ANSWER The location of a place relative to other places
Place - CORRECT ANSWER Place is a concept that refers to the wide range of human activities and
human-environment interactions that occur in a particular location.
Human-Environment Interaction - CORRECT ANSWER The direct connections between humans and
our biophysical world.
Movement - CORRECT ANSWER The core idea that human beings and all animal life are always in
motion.
Region - CORRECT ANSWER A territory that exhibits a certain uniformity
Formal Region - CORRECT ANSWER A region defined by essential uniformity in one or more physical
or cultural features
Functional Region - CORRECT ANSWER A region defined by interaction among places, such as trade
and communication
Perceptual (Vernacular) Region - CORRECT ANSWER A region defined by widespread popular
conception of its existence
North American Region - CORRECT ANSWER United States and Canada
Latin American Region - CORRECT ANSWER Mexico, Central America, South America, Caribbean
Islands
European Region - CORRECT ANSWER Europe
Northern Eurasia Region - CORRECT ANSWER Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan
Central Asia and Afghanistan Region - CORRECT ANSWER Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan
The Middle East and Northern Africa Region (MENA) - CORRECT ANSWER Composed of countries
that cluster around the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
Sub-Saharan Africa Region - CORRECT ANSWER The majority of Africa;Poorest region in the world
South Asia Region - CORRECT ANSWER India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the
Maldives;Second poorest region
East Asia Region - CORRECT ANSWER China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan
South-East Asia Region - CORRECT ANSWER Myanmar (Burma), Laow, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia,
Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor-Leste
Oceania Region - CORRECT ANSWER Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands
Geography - CORRECT ANSWER The study of the interaction of all physical and human phenomena
at individual places and of how interactions among places form patterns and organize space
Physical Geography - CORRECT ANSWER The study of the characteristics of the physical environment
Human Geography - CORRECT ANSWER The study of the geography of human groups and activities
Cartography - CORRECT ANSWER The study of maps and making
Remote Sensing - CORRECT ANSWER The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite
orbiting the planet or from high-flying aircraft
Geographic information system (GIS) - CORRECT ANSWER A computer system used to organize,
store, analyze, and display geographic information
Regional Geography - CORRECT ANSWER An inventory analysis of all characteristics of any individual
place
Topical (Systematic) Geography - CORRECT ANSWER The study of universal laws or principles that
apply to all places; topics may be as diverse as the geography of soils (pedology), of life forms
(biogeography), of politics (political geography), of economic activities (economic geography), and of
cities (urban geography)
Spatial Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER An approach to geographic inquiry focusing on patterns in the
distribution of human actions, environmental processes, and interactions among and between places or
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