Vocabulary
Themes of Geography
Name That Topic
Maps and weathering
100

They Lie between the cardinal directions: NE, NW, SE, and SW

Immediate directions
100

How people affect their environment or their natural surroundings

Human environment interaction

100
As Earth makes a __________, direct sunlight moves north and south of the equator

revolution

100
Describe the location of the equator and the prime meridan

The equator is the invisible line that runs east to west

Prime Meridian is the invisible line that runs north to south

200

Ways to show Earth on a flat surface

Projection
200

An area with at least one unifying physical or human feature such as climate

Region
200

_________ lines circle the Earth running east and west

Latitude

200

Name three types of maps

Political, physical, and special purpose

300

Study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth, our home planet

Geography

300

A mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location

Place
300
Only about _________ of Earth's surface is land. Water covers _______ of the Earth

29 percent

71 Percent

300

Describe physical maps

Shows the physical natural features of a place

400

Process that breaks rocks down into tiny pieces

Erosion

400

Geographers begin to study a place by finding where it is absolute location

Location

400

__________ gives specific "address" to places on earth

Absolute Location

400
What is an example of when you would use a special purpose map?

For showing the distribution of natural resources in a country

500

The area in a given space on the map or globe corresponds to in the real world

Projection

500
Explores how and why people, goods, and ideas move from one place to another

Movement

500

____________ projection shows correct size of a landmass, shapes are distorted

Equal Area
500
Name the two types of weathering. Describe each one

Chemical: rainwater or acids caused by rainwater dissolves rocks 

Mechanical: Morning water, ice, or sometimes wind breaks rocks into little pieces

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