Geography Study Guide

absolute location - ANS exact location of a place on earth described by global coordinates relative location - ANS the regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places cultural diffusion - ANS The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another middle latitudes - ANS the area approximately midway between the Equator and the North Pole or South Pole Norther - ANS icy wind that blows in quickly from the North elevation - ANS height of land above sea level source - ANS the place where a river or stream begins, often in highlands mouth - ANS place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water environment - ANS the area in which something exists or lives; the surroundings geography - ANS the study of the spatial aspects of earth and the people who live on it plain - ANS a landform that generally is level