Friday, October 15, 2010

Unitedd States Vocabulary !

Migration : Movement Of People From One Place To Another .

Columbian Exchange : Movement Of Plants, Animals, & Diseases Between The Eastern & Western Hemispheres .

Louisiana Purchase : Territory Between The Mississippi River & The Rocky Mountains Purchased By The United States .

Frontier : Free, Open Land That Had Been Available For Settlement In The West .


Suburb : Community On The Outskirts Of A City .
Representative Democracy : Government Where The People Rule Through Elected Representatives .
Export : Goods Sold To Another Country .


Free Enterprise : Economic System In Which Private Individuals Own Most Of The Resources, Technology, & Businesses & Can Operate Them With Little Government Control .
Service Industry : Any Kind Of Economic Activity That Provides A Service Rather Than A Product .
Postindustrial Economy : Economic Phase In Which Maufacturing No Longer Plays A Dominate Role .
Multinational : Corporation That Engage In Business Worldwide .
New England : Six Northern States Of The Northern States Of The Northeast Subregion .
Megalopolis : Area In Which Several Large Cities & Surrounding Areas Grow Together .
The Midwest : Subregion That Contains The 12 States Of The North Central United States .
The South : Subregion Of The 16 States That Covers About One-Fourth Of The Land Area Of The United States .
Metropolitian : Area Large City & Its Nearby Suburbs & Towns .
The West : Subregion Of The 13 States That Stretches From The Great Plains To The Pacific Ocean & Includes Alaska & Hawaii .
Blazing : Creating & Marking A Trail .
Displaced : Removed From The Usual Place; Pushed Out & Replaced .
Diverse : Having Many Different Forms Or Aspects .
Grainmilling : Grinding Of Grains At A Mill To Produce Flour Or Meal .
Hindered :
Imports :
Populous :
Spectators :

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

- Human Geoghraphy [$]

Hinterland
The Hinterland Is The Land Or District Behind The Borders Of A Coast Or River .
Carrying Capacity

Urbanization

Free Enterprise

Capitalism

Socialism

Friday, September 24, 2010

- 5 Themes Of Geography (:


Location :
Absolute:A location can be absolute (specific) as in coordinates of a map using longitude and latitude.
Relative: A location can be relative - examples: next door, nearby, a short drive, down the road a ways. Or, it can be in the same general location as another location - example: next to the post office.


Place
A place is an area that is defined by everything in it. All places have features that give them personality and distinguish them from other places. 



Region
A region is an area that is defined by certain similar characteristics. Those unifying or similar characteristics can be physical, natural, human, or cultural. 


Movement
Movement refers to the way people, products, information and ideas move from one place to another. This can be local such as how did you get to school today, or it can be global such as how did humans get to North America? 



Human-Environment Interaction
Human-environment interaction looks at the relationships between people and their environment; how people adapt to the environment and how they change it.