The Study of Earth
Measure of degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian.
What is longitude?
These are units that measure angles.
What are degrees?
This explores how ideas, people and goods get from one place to another.
What is movement?
These are ways to map Earth on a flat surface.
What are projections?
This shows how much space on a map represents a distance on land.
What is a scale bar?
North, South, East and West
What are the cardinal directions?
This is the most important line of longitude
What is the Prime Meridian?
This refers to an area that has at least one unifying physical or human feature.
Pictures taken of Earth's surface from a satellite in orbit.
What are satellite images?
This is a diagram of a compass showing direction.
What is a compass rose?
Study of human and nonhuman features of Earth
What is Geography?
This is the name of the location of a place relative to another place.
What is relative location?
This considers how people affect their environment and how their environment affects them.
What is human-environment interaction?
The area a given space on the map corresponds to in the real world.
What is scale?
This shows the symbols and shading on a map.
This is the name for a half of Earth.
What is a hemisphere?
This is the most important line of latitude.
What is the Equator?
This refers to the loss of accuracy in the size or positions of objects on a map.
What is distortion?
These are photographs of Earth's surface taken from the air.
What are aerial photographs?
This type of map shows physical features and elevation.
What is a physical map?
This is the distance north or south of the Equator.
What is latitude?
This refers to the mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location.
What is place?
This describes a place's exact position on Earth in terms of longitude and latitude.
What is absolute location?
These are computer-based systems that store and use information linked to geographic locations.
What are Geographic Information Systems?
These maps show political units, such as states, capitals, and countries
What are political maps?