Vocabulary Match up
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The study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create.
Geography
Cardinal Directions
The four main directions on a compass. They are north, east, south and west.
River
The physical and human characteristics of an area that distinguish it from other areas.
Place
A 2-dimensional representation of a place used by geographers and people daily.
Map
How many students in our class have a name that starts with "A"?
Period 4 = 4
Period 7 = 7
A smaller map shown within a larger map.
Inset Map
Latitude
An area of land having a warm climate and receiving less than 10 inches of precipitation yearly.
Desert
People throwing trash out their car window would best describe which theme of geography?
Human-environment Interaction
A spherical, small scale model of Earth.
Globe
What is the name of our secretary/administrative assistant in the front office?
Miss Yvette
Lines on a political map that show the edges of a city, state, country, etc.
Border
Longitude
Vertical lines called meridians that run from the north pole to the south pole and measure distance from the Prime Meridian.
A piece of land surrounded on three sides by water.
Peninsula
This theme of geography describes where something is.
Location
Which hemisphere includes both Asia and Australia?
Eastern Hemisphere
What is the name of Ms. Garrett's youngest daughter?
Elle
The five major ideas used to organize the study of geography are called _______.
Themes
Hemisphere
One half of the Earth, divided either at the equator or the Prime Meridian.
The highest landforms on the surface of the Earth.
Mountains
This theme looks at how people and things change location.
Movement
When writing absolute location, which is given first, latitude or longitude?
Latitude
What is our school's mascot and what does it mean in English?
Toro/Bull
The relationship between distance shown on a map and the actual distance on the ground.
Scale
Continent
Large, continuous expanse of land.
An area of low flat land where a river splits and spreads out before flowing into a sea or ocean.
Delta
What are the five (5) themes of geography?
location
place
regions
movement
human-environment interaction
Latitude is the measurement ______ or ______ of the equator.
Longitude is the measurement ______ or ______ of the Prime Meridian.
North, South
East, West
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