Vocab Words
Producing crops easily
fertile
the line around which a body rotates
axis
a horizontal bar used to show distance on a map, showing a proportional relationship between objects on a map
Scale
all the weather conditions including rain, temperature and clouds
climate
These are created by shifting plates and become smaller through erosion
mountains
a longitude line
meridian
a large area of high land
plateau
Symbols representing items on a map are defined here
Legend or Key
What are some things that affect climate?
Altitude, water, wind
This area has a wide range of temperatures because of having little water
desert
an imaginary circle equally distant from the two poles, around the middle of the earth
equator
the supplying of the land with water, especially for growing crops
irrigation
Type of geography that shows mountains, rivers, valleys, etc.
Physical geography
type of climate that is not too hot, not too cold
temperate climate
These two types of lines help travelers identify location
latitude and longitude
molten rock material beneath the earth's surface
magma
the regions close to the equator
tropics
Type of geography that shows boundaries, cities, towns, etc.
calm, peaceful
pacific
flat rectangular map of the word created in 1589, stretching from North to South
Mercator Projection
grassland containing scattered trees
savannah
a fertile green area in an arid, or dry, region
oasis
The word atlas comes from ______________
The Greek god Atlas who was cursed to hold the earth in the sky
a warm-water ocean current that flows in the North Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico, northward along the coast of the United States, and then to the British Isles
Gulf Stream
flat map with rounded edges to keep a better representation of the poles
Robinson Projection