Maps
Indicates the location of landforms like deserts, mountains and plains and country borders, major cities and significant bodies of water
Physical Map
An important tool that helps you know directions.
A Compass
A resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption.
Nonrenewable Resources
Where is it?
Location
Gives general information about the climate and precipitation (rain and snow) of a region
Climate Map
Political Map
A list of symbols that appear on a map.
A legend or map key
An organic natural resource which can replenish to overcome usage and consumption, either through biological reproduction or other naturally recurring processes.
Renewable Resources
What are the natural and human characteristics
Place
A type of land cover map that delineates the types of vegetation found within a given area of land
Vegetation Map
Features the type of natural resources or economic activity that dominates an area
Economic Map
The measurement east or west of the prime meridian.
Longitude
The half of the earth that lies west of the prime meridian (O degrees) and east of the anti meridian (180 degrees).
Western Hemisphere
How is the environment used?
Human/Environment Interaction
An issue that is created and resolved through geography
Geographic Issues
The number of people per unit of area, usually quoted per square kilometer or square mile
Population Density Map
The angular distance, in degrees, of a point east or west of the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian.
Latitude
Describes the location of a place based on a fixed point on earth
Absolute Location
How is the place connected to other places?
Movement
The process of changing to live in the physical environment
Adaptation
A type of map that shows climate, economic, population density, & vegetation.
Thematic Maps
The relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground.
A scale
A description of how a place is related to other places
Relative Location
How common geographic characteristics help us understand this place
Regions
Material culture, art, recreation, social organization, language, political systems, conflict, education, beliefs, and economy
Universals of Culture