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.
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