Things on a Map
The part of a map with arrows pointing in all four directions.
Compass Rose
What are the 4 cardinal directions?
North, East, South, West
What is location?
What is a large body of salt water called?
Ocean
What is the weather in an area over a long period of time?
What is climate?
How do people use lines on a map to locate places?
Coordinates
A location's distance North or South of the equator. (The horizontal lines on a map)
latitude
This theme of geography is about how people adapt to, change, or depend on the environment.
What is human/environment interaction?
This is a small stream that runs into a larger river.
What is a tributary?
What is a globe?
What imaginary line divides the globe into East and West hemispheres?
Equator
A location's distance East or West of the Prime Meridian. (the vertical lines on a map)
Longitude
This theme of geography asks: What is it like there? What are the physical and human characteristics?
What is place?
This covers 3/4 of Earth's surface.
What is water?
What are the plants that grow in an area called?
What is vegetation?
What? imaginary line divides the globe into East and West hemispheres.
Prime Meridian
What are the 4 "intermediate directions"?
Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest
This theme of geography is about how people, goods, and ideas get around.
What is movement?
How many continents are there?
7
What is a tool that is used to find directions by locating North?
What is a compass?
What imaginary line runs through the Pacific Ocean and sets the time for the World?
International Date Line
Half of the Earth is called what?
Hemisphere
This theme of geography is about areas that have common characteristics.
What is region?
This is land with water surrounding 3 sides.
What is a peninsula?
What is an organization with the power to change/make/enforce laws in an area?
What is a government?