Vocabulary 1
the movement of people from one country or place to another
What is migration?
an increase in people living or working in cities
What is urbanization?
something you would use to determine the meaning of symbols on a map
What is the legend?
the imaginary line circling the globe halfway between the North and South Poles
What is the prime meridian?
this includes an area's plants and animals, together with the nonliving parts of their environment
What is an ecosystem?
maps that show a specific topic or theme
What are thematic maps?
chart showing how the parts of a whole are divided
What is a pie chart?
where a place is in relation to other places
What is relative location?
A Texas naturalist who warned Texans about pollution around 50 years ago
Who is Roy Bedichek?
What is the compass rose?
a ruler showing the relationship between distance on a map and actual distance
What is scale?
information in the form of numbers
What are statistics?
a map you could use to find a location
What is a reference map?
our physical surroundings
What is the environment?
what you need to know a city's exact location on Earth
What is its latitude and longitude?
the exact position of a place on Earth
What is absolute location?
imaginary lines running north and south around the globe
What is longitude?
the line along the side of a chart
What is the vertical axis?
used to create a flat representation of Earth's surface
What are map projections?
the study of a place or region's special physical and human characteristics
What is geography?
a learned system of shared beliefs, traits, and values
What is culture?
imaginary lines running east-west around the globe
What is latitude?
a computer system that gathers, stores, and organizes geographic information
What is a geographic information system (GIS)?
a chart showing a trend or pattern
What is a line graph?
a form of a chart that can show a sequence of events
What is a time line?