Unit 1: SCAPE Key Terms Review

The study of the spatial characteristics of the world’s land and people is known as?

• Institutions

• Culture

• Geography

• Culture Trait

What term refers to long-standing practices, traditions, or customs that regulate a group?

• Culture

• Institutions

• Culture Trait

• Region

What are the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular group?

• Culture Trait

• Region

• Cultural Landscape

• Culture

A characteristic, such as language, beliefs, food, or customs, is shared by which group?

• Culture Trait

• Region

• Cultural Landscape

• Location

A spatial area of land unified by a common characteristic, such as political unity, linguistic unity, or common climate patterns.

• Location

• Cultural Landscape

• Region

• Place

What are the physical qualities that reflect the culture of a particular place?

• Location

• Cultural Landscape

• Place

• Unlimited Government

An exact point on the Earth’s surface is known as?

• Unlimited Government

• Place

• Limited Government

• Location

An area distinguished by unique physical and human characteristics

• Place

• Location

• Unlimited Government

• Limited Government

A government where power is placed solely with the ruler and his/her appointees, and there are no limits imposed on his/her authority

• Unlimited Government

• Limited Government

• Unitary Government System

• Federalist Government System

A government where the power of authority figures is restricted and all citizens, including all authority figures, must obey the laws.

• Unlimited Government

• Unitary Government System

• Federalist Government System

• Limited Government