Vocabulary
Map Skills
Themes of Geography
Geography
Misc.
100
Specific place on Earth.
What is Absolute Location?
100
Imaginary circles that run east and west on a map.
What is lines of latitude?
100
The study of the earths physical features.
What is physical geography?
100
They are 2 types of locations that geographers use as reference points.
What is absolute and relative location?
100
Study of water on Earth.
What is Hydrology?
200
Half of a sphere of a globe.
What is Hemisphere?
200
Imaginary circles that run north and south on a map.
What is longitude?
200
The exact spot at which a place is found on the globe.
What is absolute location?
200
They describe the physical and human features of the earth.
What is geographers?
200
The study of cities and how people live in them.
What is Urban Geography?
300

Map with all the man made stuff on it

What is a political map?

300
Earth's land surface is divided into seven large landmasses.
What is Continents?
300
Area united by specific characteristics.
What is regions?
300

Patterns of human activities,  photographs, satelitte images, globes, maps

What are tools used by geographers?

300
It divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
What is equator?
400
The study of weather and what causes weather.
What is meteorology?
400

The Prime Meridian runs through this location form class

What is  England?

400

Particular space with physical and human characteristics.

What is place?

400

An imaginary line following the curve of the earth

What is the great circle route?

400
The relationship between people and their physical environment.
What is human environment interaction?
500
The science of making maps.
What is Cartography?
500
The place where all longitudinal lines meet in the north.
What is the North Pole?
500
Location, Place, Regions, Movement and Human Environment Interaction are ___________.
What is 5 Themes of Geography?
500

Putting the globe into types of maps to make it easier to study

What is projections?

500

Region where you live specifically

What is Formal Region