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FinalExamReview 1
Chapter 1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| atlas | a book of maps |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| geography | study of earth (land and people) |
| Artic Circle | latitude line 66 1/2 degress north |
| Antarctic circle | latitude 66 1/2 degress south |
| longitude | meridians(lines) that run north/south on a map or globe |
| themeatic map | map that shows specific info like climate or population |
| scale bar | measure distnace on a map |
| cardinal dirction | north, south, east, west |
| map scale | the realationship between the distance between two places in real life and on a map |
| hemiphere | a half of the earth |
| equtor | the main line of a latitude |
| circle graph | pie-shaped graph shows "whole" divide |
| globe | a ball (spherical)shaped modle og the earth |
| population density | averge number of people per square mile |
| bar pragh | a graph that compares information |
| grid system | when laditude/longitude lines cross each other |
| climograph | shows climate or weather patterns in a specfic place |
| pictograph | makes comparison using symbols or pictures |
| relative location | how far and in what direction one place is to another |
| chart | a graphic way of presenting info in an organzied way |
| political map | a map showing people - made boundaries |
| physical map | a map that shows elevaton |
| map key | a guide that shows what colors and symbols mean on a map |
| climate | average weather pattern of an area |
| absloute location | the exact positon of a placeon earth |
| compass rose | small symbol that shows direction on a map |
| latuide | parallel lines that run east to west on a map or globe |