click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Geopraphy Vocab
Geography Vocab
Term | Definition |
---|---|
latitude | the east-west parallel lines in a grid. Measures distance north and south of the Equator. |
longitude | north south prime meridan |
epuator | an imaginary line encircling the earth epually |
prime meridian | imaginary line that passes through the north and south pole it shows 0 degrees longitude |
continents | 7 great land masses of the antarctica asia |
geography | the study of the study of the of the earth |
Land forms | natural featuers of the earth surfus |
climate | the avaerge weather conditons in a creratin are over a pereid of time |
environment | all the living and non living thing that affect life in that area |
region | an area with one or more features that make it different srurrnding aeras |
resourses | the materals found on earth that pepopel need and vale |
diffuson | the spread of people ideas things and diseases from place to place |
cartography | the science of maps |
compass rose | circle of directions on maps and charts |