Maps and Globes
Location and Place
Movement & Interaction
Culture & Society
Maps
100
A flat drawing of all or part of the surface of the Earth.
Map
100
A map that shows cities, counties, states, provinces, or countries.
Political map
100
When conflict arises between or within societies and results in change
Conflict and Change
100
Religion, beliefs, customs, traditions, language, music, and art of a society
Culture
100
72 S, 120 E
200
Illustration that explains what the symbols or colors on a map mean.
Map Key
200
Describes qualities about the place that make it unique (the mental picture people have)
Sense of place
200
Moving to new places changes the people, land, and culture of both the new place and the place left behind.
Migration
200
When a society grows and interacts with others, this often becomes more complex.
Governance
200
15N, 105E
300
Relationship between an actual distance on Earth and the same distance on a map.
Scale
300
Parallel lines that run east to west and measure distance north or south of the equator.
Lines of Latitude
300
People interact with one another and where they live.
Human-environment interaction
300
When things stay the same over long periods of time.
Continuity
300
45N, 120W
400
A round scale model of the Earth.
Globe
400
Meridians that circle the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Lines of Longitude
400
When countries and people trade voluntarily, they expect this.
Gain from trade
400
What Government does the United States have?
Democracy
400
30S, 60 W
500
Finding coordinates on a map helps identify this.
Absolute location
500
Natural features such as mountains, rivers, deserts, and climate that help describe where a place is
Physical characteristics
500
The way people make, get, and use goods and services may be different across the world.
Production, Distribution, Consumption
500
When things become different over time.
Change
500
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