Studying Geography
The study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create
What is Geography
The study of the world's physical geographic feautes- it's land forms, bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants
What is Physical Geography
A specific description of a location
What is Absolute Location
A flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth's surface
What is a map
Seven large landmasses that Earth's land surface is divided into
What is Continents
All the human and physical features that make it unique
What is Landscape
The study of the world's human geographic features- people, communities, and landscapes
What is Human Geography
A description of where a place lies
What is Relative Location
What is A Globe
The east-west lines in the grid are lines of
What is latitude
Field that studies people and the relationship among them (Sometimes Geography is called this)
What is Social Science
The science of making maps
Cartography
This includes an area's land, water, climate, and animals
What is Environment
A system that uses 24 satellites to transmit information to Earth
What is Global Positioning System (GPS)
The north-south imaginary lines
What is Longitude
A part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas
What is Regions
The study of weather and what causes it
What is Meteorology
(Lesson 5) An imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South Poles; divides the world into North and South halves
What is The Equator
A tool that's made up of a group of databases. It combines and provides information from many different sources.
What is Geographic Information System (GIS)
Lines of latitude are called
(Always the same distance from the equator)
What is Parallels
Geographers use a pattern of imaginary lines that circle the globe in east-west and north-south directions.
What is Grid
The equator divides the globe into two halves called
What is Hemisphere
(Lesson 5) An imaginary line that divides the globe inot East and West halves; Runs through Greenwich, England, and represents a Longitude of 0 degrees
What is Prime Meridian
Different ways of showing our round planet on flat maps
What is Map Projections
Lines are Longitude are called:
(Pass through the North and South Poles)
What is Prime Meridian