Unit 2 Vocab 2

Front

A system of roads, railroads, and shipping routes connecting places.

Back

transportation network

Front

Water that falls as rain, snow, etc.

Back

Precipitation

Front

Features on Earth's surface made by people

Back

Human characteristics

Front

Usual weather conditions in a place

Back

climate

Front

Height above sea level

Back

elevation

Front

Maps focusing on specific details like climate.

Back

Special purpose map.

Front

Number of people living in a place

Back

population

Front

One of the 5 themes of geography: an area with common geographic features.

Back

Region

Front

One of the 5 themes of geography explaining how and why people, ideas, and goods move.

Back

movement

Front

People per area unit

Back

population density