SS State Testing: Geography Vocabulary

Position of an area in relation to others

• absolute location

• relative location

Connection between people and the ecosystem

• people-land link

• geography

• human-environment interaction

• ecology

Area that shares common values, beliefs, languages, and customs

• state

• culture region

• country

• ethnic enclave

Area with common characteristics

• state

• country

• hemisphere

• region

Customs, institutions, values, and social forms shared by a particular group of people

• culture

• moral view

• ethnicity

• family ties

Space-based navigation system

• rocket launcher

• GPS

• star trek

• UFO

Clearing a wide area of trees

• erosion

• bull-dozing

• deforestation

• community service

Organized group of people in an area

• settlers

• human settlement

• clan

• community

New way to do things

• innovation

• diffusion

• trend

• technology

Transfer of people, goods, and services from one area to another

• immigration

• emigration

• movement

• transference