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Chapter 1 WG
Chapter 1 World Geography term definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Human made | Made by humans rather than by nature |
| Political map | A map that shows the boundaries and locations of political units such as countries, states, countries, and towns |
| Elevation | The height above the level of the sea |
| Relife | The elevations or inequalities of a land surface |
| Intermediate directions | The courses of routes of northeast, northwest, south, and southwest |
| Cardinal directions | The four principal sources or routes of north south, east, or west. |
| Compass rose | A map tool that indicates direction |
| Scale bar | Shows the relationship between map measurements and actual distance on Earth. |
| Key | A map legand |
| Relative location | Location in relation to other people |
| Movement | The act of process of changing place or position |
| Ecosystem | The complex community of interdependent living things in a given environment. |
| Human-environment interaction | The study of the interrelationship between people and their physical environment. |
| Cartography | The science of mapmaking |
| Place | A particular space with physical and human meaning. |
| Perceptual region | A region defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data. |
| Functional region | A central place and the surrounding territory linked to it. |
| Formal region | A region defined by a common characteristic such as production of a product. |
| Situation | Refers to the geographic position of a place in relation to other places or features of a large region. |
| Site | Refers to the specific location of a place including its physical settings. |
| Regions | A brood geographical area distinguished by similar features. |
| Topography | Shape of the earth's physical features. |
| Thematic map | Map that emphasize a single idea or a particular kind of information about an area. |
| Flow-line maps | Map that shows the movement of people, animals, goods, ideas, and physical process like hurricanes and glaciers. |
| Qualitative map | Map that uses colors, symbols, lines, or dots to show information related to a specific idea. |
| Planar projection | A map created by projection an image of the earth onto a plane. |
| Cylindrical projections | A map of the earth projections into a cylinder. |
| Conic project | A map of the earth created by placing a cone over part of the earth model . |
| Latitude | Distance north or south from the equator measured. |
| Longitude | Distance measured by degrees or time east or west from the prime meridian. |
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