Vocab
Maps
Finding Places on Earth
Six Essential Elements of Geography
100

a "half sphere", used to refer to one-half of the globe when divided into North and South or East and West

What is hemisphere?

100

What are 3 types of maps?

What is Physical Maps, Political Maps, and Special-Purpose Maps?

100

How can geographers pinpoint an absolute location?

What is by finding the intersection of latitude and longitude?

100

What are the Six Essential Elements of Geography?

What is The World in Spatial Terms, Places and Regions, Physical Systems, Human Systems, Environment and Society, and The Uses of Geography?

200

imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator

What is latitude?

200

What type of map would show the names and borders of countries?

What is a Political Map?

200

What two hemispheres does the Equator divide the Earth into?

What is the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere?

200

When geographers look at how volcanoes and glaciers have shaped the face of the Earth, which of the Six Essential Elements of Geography are they studying?

What is Physical Systems?

300

imaginary lines that circle the Earth from Pole to Pole, measuring distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

What is longitude?

300

What type of map would show land and water features?

What is a Physical Map?

300

What two hemispheres does the Prime Meridian divide the Earth into?

What is the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere?

300

What are the Five Themes of Geography?

What is Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Regions?

400

a way of showing the round Earth on a flat map

What is projection?

400

Why do mapmakers create different types of map projections?

What is to show either the correct shapes of places or their correct sizes?
400

Latitude and longitude lines cross one another, forming a pattern called a _________  ___________.

What is a grid system?

400
What do geographers do when studying a certain place?

What is they first take a look at where the place is located?

500

a measuring that shows the distances on a map

What is scale?

500
What does a Special-Purpose Map show?

What is specific kinds of information?

500

Globes and maps are marked with ___________  ______ the geographers us to locate places on the Earth's surface.

What is imaginary lines?

500

Which Essential Elements of Geography might be involved in the study of an area's landforms and how they affect people living there?

What is Places and Regions and Physical Systems?