The ones in bold are the ones on your quiz
Geography
Study of people, places, and environments
Environment
Physical surroundings of a location
Spatial
Location
Place
Region
Where a place is located and its physical relationships to other places, people, or
environments
An exact position using latitude and longitude, or a description of a places in relation
to places around it
A geographical term that describes the physical and human characteristics of a
location
An area that has one or more common characteristics that unite or connect it with
other areas
Agricultural
Revolution
The shift from gathering food to raising food
Innovation
Something new that is introduced for the first time
Technology
People’s application of knowledge, tools, and inventions, and patterns of behavior
from one group to another
Cultural hearth
An area where a culture originated and spread to other areas
Domestication
The raising and tending of a plant or animal to be of human use
Nomad
A person who has no set home but moves from place to place in search of food for
animals
Hunter-gatherers
People who search for food
Paleolithic
Old Stone Age
Neolithic
New Stone Age
Agriculture
Farming
Prehistory
Period of time before written language; includes both Old and New Stone Ages
Surplus
Extra; was considered a form of wealth
Specialization
New jobs; performing one job better than another
Anthropologist
People who study human development and culture
Artifact
An object used or made by people in the past
Human-environment
interaction
how people relate to the physical world
Villages
Geographers
where people moved to after the agricultural revolution
social scientists who ask “why do people live there?”