Vocabulary 1
Parts of a map
Vocabulary 2
Themes of Geography
Miscellaneous
100
The average weather over a long period of time.
What is climate?
100
These imaginary lines run east to west.
What is latitude?
100
The study of the Earth, its people, places, and environments.
What is geography?
100
Examples of this are latitude and longitude measurements or a street address.
What is exact location?
100
A more accurate representation of the Earth - map or globe?
What is a globe?
200
These people look at how people, products, ideas, and information move from one place to another.
What is a geographer?
200
Map feature that indicates north, south, east, west.
What is the compass rose?
200
The name for half of the Earth
What is a hemisphere?
200
When people, ideas and products are shared and spread over a large area.
What is movement?
200
You would use this type of map to view the states and their boundaries.
What is a general purpose/political map?
300
Materials that can be used to produce crops or other products.
What is a resource?
300
These imaginary lines run north to south.
What is longitude?
300
Provides information about the symbols/colors/meaning of a map.
What is the key?
300
A large area that shares similar physical or human characteristics.
What is region?
300
A location that is given comparing it to another location.
What is relative location?
400
The shape and nature of the land, like hills, valleys, and mountains.
What are landforms?
400
The line that divides the Earth into a northern and a southern hemisphere.
What is the equator?
400
This type of map shows elevation above or below sea level.
What is a relief map?
400
An example of this would be logging a mountainside.
What is human-environment interaction?
400
Technology that provided directions and can track vehicles.
What is GPS?
500
The line/measurement on a map that shows distance.
What is the scale bar?
500
The relationship between distances on the map and on Earth.
What is scale?
500
Imaginary line that separates the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian?
500
A location that is known for its physical or human characteristics. Examples would be Niagara Falls or Disney World.
What is place?
500
I would use this type of map to show the location of my house and nearby streets. a. small scale map b. large scale map
What is a large scale map?
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