Lexicon
The study of our physical surroundings and how humans interact with them.
What is geography?
The space on a map that uses symbols to identify cities, roads, and landforms.
What is a legend?
The state of Florida is an example of this geographical feature while separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.
What is a peninsula?
The tallest mountain in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro, can be found at this set of coordinates.
What are (4oS, 37oE)?
A tool, often brought on backpacking trips, used to determine cardinal directions.
What is a compass?
Halves of a sphere divided by an imaginary line.
What is a hemisphere?
The main idea of a map.
What is a title?
The beginning of a river, such as Lake Itasca for the Mississippi River.
What is a source?
Roblox was created in San Mateo near these three cities located at (37oN, 122oW).
What are San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose?
The United States Civil War was fought in these two hemispheres.
What are the northern and western hemispheres?
The line of latitude at 0 degrees.
What is the equator?
The person or company who created the map.
Who is the author?
Massachusetts is known for its seafood, which makes sense because of this hook-like, geographical feature that appears "tossed" out into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is a cape?
The ancient ruins of Machu Picchu can be found near this city, at (13oS, 72oW).
What is Cuzco?
European explorers were traveling this cardinal direction when traveling to the New World (America).
What is west?
A round sphere used to study Earth.
What is a globe?
Looking at the physical map of the world on p. 6 and 7, an inch on the map represents this many miles in real life.
What is 2,000 miles?
Back in the 1600's, European settlers found their way to the coast of Virginia and eventually moved up the Chesapeake, which is an example of this geographical feature.
What is a bay?
The Mona Lisa is a painting that lives at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France located at these coordinates.
What are (49oN, 3oE)?
The 13 colonies were under England’s (United Kingdom) rule. England can be found in these three hemispheres.
What are the western, eastern, and northern.
The meridian line at 0 degrees longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
Looking at the physical map of Asia and the Pacific Islands, which sea borders the lowest part of that continent?
What is the Caspian Sea?
This popular fishing spot shares a border with Minnesota and Canada.
What is Lake of the Woods?
This capital city, located at (40oN, 117oE), will host the winter olympics this coming February.
What is Beijing?
Madagascar and New Zealand are both large islands, but this one is further south.
What is New Zealand?