Category 1
Thinking about the space on earth's surface, including where places are located and why they are there.
Spatial Thinking
The exact moment at Which summer and winter start.
Solstice
A three- dimensional or spherical representation of earth.
Globe
Provides a way of locating places.
Location
A society with a highly developed culture, politics, and technology.
Civilization
Explains how people affect the environment and how the environment affects people.
Human- Environment Interaction
A group of places with common traits.
region
Two- dimensional, or flat, representation of earth.
Map
A natural home or environment for certain species.
Habitat
A fracture in earth's crust
Fault
The beginning of spring and autumn.
Equinox
Where a place is in relation to other places.
Relative Location
The characteristics of a location.
Place
An independent state made up of a city and the territories depending on it.
City state
How people in a region live , behave , and think.
Culture
How people, ideas, and animals move from one place to another.
Movement
Imaginary lines that run east to west, parallel to the equator
latitude
The exact point where a place is located.
Absolute location
The longest river in the world; flows through Egypt and Africa for 4,000 miles.
nile river
The largest hot desert in the world, covering most of north africa.
Sahara Desert
Longitude
imaginary lines that run north to south from the North Pole to the South Pole
Equator
is the center line of latitude
Half of the earth
Hemisphere
Place where plants and animals rely on the environment to survive
Ecosystem
A period in which humans began to grow crops instead of gathering plants.
Agricultural revolution