5 themes of geography
Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Maps
100

A particular place or position.

Location

100

The study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.


Geography

100

An estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on a study of present ones.

Projection 

100

The action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site.

Excavation

100

Thematic map

focuses on a specific theme or subject area. ... Thematic maps emphasize spatial variation of one or a small number of geographic distributions. These distributions may be physical phenomena such as climate or human characteristics such as population density and health issues.

200

An act of changing physical location or position or of having this changed.

Movement

200

Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).

Continents

200

A half of a sphere.

Hemisphere

200

The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

Culture

200

Political Map

governmental boundaries of countries, states, and counties, the location of major cities, and they usually include significant bodies of water.

300

A particular position or point in space.

Place

300
A natural feature of Earths features.




Landform

300

The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

Latitude

300

The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

History

300

what do physical maps show 

land forms bodies of water  

400

An area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

Region

400

The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

Weather

400

The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

Longitude

400

An expert in or student of history, especially that of a particular period, geographical region, or social phenomenon.

Historian

400

what were the 3 types of projections

Mercator,homolosine, Robinson, 

500

How people people change or adapt to the physical world.

Human-Environment interaction  

500

The science or practice of drawing maps.

Cartography

500

An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

Artifact

500

A document or artifact created in a historical period.

Primary Source

500

where was the earliest map was from? 

Babylon