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Geography
Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Geography | the study of the Earth's physical features, environment , and the impact of human activity on these factors. |
Cardinal Directions | North, South, East, West |
Choropleth | Special purpose map that shows population density. |
Culture | The beliefs, ideas, and customs shared by a group of people. |
Distort | To change the shape of something (bigger, smaller) |
Hemisphere | A half of the Earth. There are four hemispheres; Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western. |
Latitude | Lies that run East and West across the Earth. |
Longitude | Lines that run North and South across the Earth. |
Map | A flat representation of the Earth. |
Projection | Showing a portion of the round Earth on a flat map. |
Migration | The movement of people form place to place to find food, water, shelter. |
Physical Map | A map that shows continents, oceans, and land elevation. Brown and Green= land ; Blue= oceans |
Political Map | A map that shows country borders and country names. |
Scale | A ruler like tool that shows the distance between place to place on a map. |
Special- Purpose Map | A map that shows special topics like climate, location, and population. |
Symbol | Small pictures that stand for features on a map. |
Theme | Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region. |
Equator | A line of latitude that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. "Earth's Belt" |
Prime Meridian | A line of longitude that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemisphere. |
Intermediate Directions | Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest |