The seven continents
What are North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica
This theme refers to how people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
What is movement
A visual representation of an area showing physical features, roads, bodies of water, etc.
What is a map
meaning "earth, ground"
What is geo
features that make up the earth's surface
What are landforms
Imaginary lines that are a long, long way from pole to pole
What are lines of longitude
This theme explores how people adapt to and use their surroundings.
What is Human Environment Interaction
The symbol on a map that tells you the cardinal and intermediate directions
What is a compass rose
Meaning half a sphere
What is hemisphere
land surrounded by water on three sides and connected to a larger land mass
What is a peninsula
I'm climbing the imaginary ladder lines that go east to west
What are Lines of Latitude
This theme explores how geographers use directions such as north, south, east, and west to identify where a city, state, country is found.
What is Location
A map that shows mountain elevations, valleys, and bodies of water.
What is a physical map
The coordinates given as latitude and longitude
What are geographic coordinates
a narrow piece of land connecting two large land masses
What is an isthmus
The lines of latitude at 90 degrees and 90 degrees north
What are the North Pole and South Pole
This theme divides the world into geographic units such as cities, states, and countries- or such things as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East”.
What is region
A map that shows the borders of countries, states and capitals, roads
What is a political map
Meaning "earth" and "write"......the study of the earth's physical features and human activity and relationships
What is geography
The five oceans
What are the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Southern Ocean
The sun shines directly on this line on June 22, the first day of our summer
What is the Tropic of Cancer
This theme explores human and/or physical features such as the population of a city or the climate of particular area.
What is place
The line of longitude at 0 degrees that divides the earth into the eastern and western hemisphere
What is the Prime Meridian
The line of 0 degrees latitude that divides the earth into two equal parts
What is the equator
a group of closely scattered islands
What is archipelago