This map shows the states and capitals.
Political map
How people affect the Earth and how the Earth affects people
Human-Environment Interaction
What do you call the study of the relationship between people and their environment?
Human geography
What is the term for the imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole?
Longitude
What is the study of Earth and its people called?
Geography
This map shows landforms like rivers and mountains.
Physical Map
This theme describes where a place is located, either by using absolute or relative terms?
Location
What is the study of Earth's natural features like mountains, rivers, and climates called?
Physical geography
What is the name of the imaginary line that is 0 latitude?
Equator
What term describes the exact location of a place on Earth?
Absolute location
What tool shows directions like north, south, east, and west on a map?
Compass rose
This theme examines the physical and human characteristics that make a place unique?
Place
Would a physical or human geographer study landforms?
Physical
These lines run parallel to the equator.
Latitude
What are the two main branches of geography?
Physical and human geography
What feature on a map explains the meaning of the symbols used?
Map key or legend
This theme studies the movement of people, goods, ideas, and how they connect different places.
Movement
Would a physical or human geographer study what crops people grow?
Human
What is the name of the line that divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres?
Prime meridian
What is the term for half of the Earth? Northern/Southern or Eastern/Western
Hemisphere
This is a 3D representation of Earth.
Globe
What theme divides the world into areas based on similar physical or human characteristics?
Regions
Would a physical or human geographer study where earthquakes occur?
Physical
What is the term for half of the Earth? Northern/Southern or Eastern/Western
Hemisphere
_______________ location is when you describe where something is close to.
Relative