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Vocab
On the Map
What time in History?
The Themes of Geography
Because of Space
100
This round model of the Earth is used by many to see truly relative shape and size of landforms.
What is a globe?
100
These things are usually shown with dots on a map.
What are cities?
100
The part of history that we are experiencing today.
What is Modern History?
100
We here in the United States use email, planes, cars, and postal service for this theme.
What is movement?
100
The planets do this around the sun.
What is orbit?
200
Where a geographic landmark is in relation to another landmark.
What is relative location?
200
This the first thing that you need to look at on a map because it helps you to know what is on the map.
What is a title?
200
The time before people developed writing.
What is Prehistory?
200
We find this theme by using longitude, latitude, and other geographic landmarks.
What is location?
200
This is a day with equal day and night hours
What is an equinox?
300
The low-latitude areas near the Equator.
What are the Tropics?
300
This helps you to find what distance on the map translates to distance in real life.
What is a scale bar?
300
The period after prehistory until about 1,500 years ago.
What is Ancient History?
300
This theme is described using things like how much recycling is done in an area.
What is human-environmental interaction?
400
The study of earth and its people.
What is geography?
400
There places are usually designated with a star on a map.
What are capitals?
400
It started 500 years ago.
What is Modern History?
400
In the Appalachians of the United States the people use a different dialect of English. We could use there language to describe this theme.
What is place?
400
This is the day that is added to a calendar during leap year.
What is February 29
500
Computer hardware and software that gather, store and analyze geographic information.
What is GIS?
500
This is the part of the map that gives you an explanation of the different colors and symbols on the map.
What is key or legend?
500
The age also known as the medieval period.
What are the Middle Ages?
500
In the Middle East there is a wide supply of oil to be found. This large amount of a natural resource could be used to describe this theme.
What is region?
500
We have a leap year because of this number.
What is 365.25 days in a year?