Vocab
The study of Earth and its people, places, and environments
Geography
What are the 5 themes of geography
What two hemispheres does the Equator split Earth into?
Northern and Southern
What are the imaginary lines that form a coordinate grid?
Latitude and Longitude
Earth's features in terms of their places, shapes, and relationships to one another
The location of one place compared to another place
Relative Location
What are the two types of location
Absolute and Relative
What splits the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
What are the 4 cardinal directions?
North, South, East, and West
The exact location of something
Absolute Location
The starting point for measuring lines of longitude
Prime Meridian
The way people, products, information, and ideas move from one place to another.
Movement
Which tool is more accurate; a globe or map?
A globe
What is the purpose of a map key (or legend)?
To tell you what the symbols mean
The portions of Earth's surface that can be viewed at one time from a location.
Landscape
The natural surroundings of a place
Environment
What are the unifying characteristics of region?
physical, natural, human, or cultural
What can show more detail; a map or globe?
A map
What type of map shows countries?
Political
A natural feature found on land
Landform
Climate
The average weather in a place over a long period of time
Planting trees and pollution are examples of what theme?
Human-Environment Interaction
When was the 5 themes of geography created
1984
What type of map do most people use?
Road Map
Resource
A material that can be used to produce crops or other products