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There are 2 types of
location:
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absolute
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relative
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Absolute geography is
an absolute location
that gives the exact
street address.
Absolute geography is
also measured in
latitude and longitude
lines.
Ex: The White House is
at 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue, Washington
DC.
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Relative location
gives a relative or
comparative
address.
Ex: The White House
is near Capitol Hill.
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Human
Characteristics –
manmade
creations
Ex. White House - Washington, DC
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Physical
Characteristics –
natural creations
Ex. Grand Canyon - Arizona
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How does the environment affect
people?
 How do people affect the environment?
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Modify – people change the environment
Ex. Flatten/cut through land to build roads
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Adapt – people adjust to the
environment
Ex. Climate affects clothing and housing
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Depend – people need things from
the environment
Ex. Fishing, farming, hunting
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Movement includes the travel of
people, goods and ideas
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Push factor – reason for leaving
Ex. shortage of food in an area
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Pull factor – reason for going to
a certain place
Ex. close to source of fresh water
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How are places alike or different?
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Formal – determined by a government (by
borders) or physical features
Ex. US country border, Great Salt Lake
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Functional – region linked by something that
happens there - economic association,
common transportation or communication
systems, etc.
Ex. TV or radio station, school bus route riders, utility company customers, Silicon
Valley
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Vernacular – defined by people’s
perceptions, linked to culture
Ex. The South, Middle East, Latin America
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M: Movement
 R: Regions
 HE: Human-Environment Interaction
 L: Location
 P: Place
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There are 2 types of location:

absolute

relative
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(c) Ms. Vice, 2015 http://msvice.blogspot.com