Vocab
molten rock beneath the earth's surface
magma
calm, peaceful
pacific
___________ geography shows borders of nations.
Political
key (legend)
a member of a people that moves place to place with no fixed home
nomad
dark, natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava
obsidian
__________ geography shows mountain ranges and rivers.
Physical
A horizontal bar used to show distance on a map
scale
a large area of high land
plateau
the solid outer part of the planet
earth's crust
People have thought the earth was a ___________ since the ancient ____________.
sphere
Greeks and Egyptians
Deserts change temperature rapidly because ____________
Little water- water changes temperature slower than air
dry, level grasslands with few to no trees
steppe
imaginary line used by mapmakers to indicate a distance north or south of the equator
latitude
"Geography" means _____________.
Earth Writing
Lines of ___________ indicate similar temperatures because of their common distance from the ______________.
Latitude
equator
grassland containing scattered trees
savannah
imaginary line used by mapmakers to indicate a distance east or west of the prime meridian
longitude
A book of maps is called an _________ named after _______________.
Atlas
Greek god cursed to hold the earth
We are about __________ degrees latitude.
40 degrees