Vocabulary
Themes and Elements
Vocabulary 2/ Map Skills
Longitude/ Latitude
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The scenery of a place, including its physical, human, and cultural features.

Landscape

100

The study of maps and map making is called this

What is cartography

100

The study of everything on Earth, from rocks to rainfall to people and places.

Geography

100

The vertical longitude line that runs through Greenwich England is called the ---------------

What is prime meridian

100

A map that shows the football teams a person in a region would generally like would be this type of map.

What is perceptual.

200

define compass rose

200

This type of region has one or more common features that make it different from it's surrounding areas.

What is a formal region

200

This divides the Earth into a North and South Hemisphere.

The Equator

200

All of the United States coordinates will be found in this quadrant

What is NW

200

What are the two main branches of geography

What is Human/ Physical

300

Define topography

300

Give me an example of a formal region

What is sahara etc...

300

Coordinates are measured using which unit of measurement?

Degrees

300

What two lines create the four quadrants on a map?

What is Prime meridian/ Equator

300

World Religions would fall under which branch of geography?

Human Geography 

400

This term is "a collection of maps in one book"

What is atlas

400

Regions that reflect human feelings are called ________ regions.

What are perceptual regions.

400

What is the largest measurement for latitude?

90 N or S

400

All coordinates in Australia will what directional coordinates?

SE

400

Mountain ranges would fall under which branch of geography?

Physical geography

500

Define Meteorology 

Weather, etc...

500

Route 11 (US 1) links Fort Kent to Key West Florida. This road system creates this type of region

What is functional.

500

What is the largest measurement for longitude?

180 E or W

500

When writing coordinates, what do you find first? Longitude or Latitude?

500

Trick question:  Who uses Geography?

Everyone

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