1. Absolute Location:

exact position on Earth in terms of longitude and latitude

2. Culture:

The beliefs, customs, practices, and the behaviors of a

particular nation or group of people

3. Economics:

The study of how people meet their wants and needs

4. Geography:

The study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth

5. Government:

A group of people who have the power to make and enforce

laws for a country or area

6. History:

The study of the past

7. Human-environment Interaction:

how people affect their environment and how their

environment affects them

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8. Movement:

how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another

9. Place:

mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location

10. Region:

area with at least one unifying physical or human feature, such

as climate, landform, population, or history

11. Relative Location:

location of a place relative to another place

12. Social Studies:

The study of people, their activities, their customs, and their

institutions in relationship to other people. The 5 parts of

Social Studies are government, economics, history, geography,

and culture.