An agreement reached by a group as a whole

The collection of ideas, beliefs and spiritual connections through which we – personally, as groups and as cultures – understand, connect with and interact with the world

A key notion or idea that helps us to explore, understand and explain features, patterns and relationships on the Earth's surface

A settlement (village, town or city) that has shops and services such as education, health and banking; larger service centres (cities) have a greater range of services than smaller service centres

The ways in which we define ourselves

Where people travel outside their own country for recreation

The number of people residing in an area

The set of rules, organising processes and structures that groups, societies and countries follow to make decisions and maintain order in their day-today living

A built-up area somewhere between a city and a village in size

Where people travel within their own country for recreation

A larger town; in Australia this is generally defined as being a metropolitan area