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Geography
Week 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Location- | Tells you where it is |
| Place- | What is it like when you get there |
| Movement- | People and ideas get around |
| Human environment interaction- | What do the people do to the environment?What does the environment do for the people? |
| Regions- | What do locations have in common --Climate, religion,language education |
| Latitude- | (North+)( South-) |
| Longitude - | (East+)(West-) |
| Hemisphere- | Half of a sphere |
| Prime Meridian- | 0 degrees longitude and divides the earth into east and south hemispheres |
| Equator- | 0 degrees latitude and divides the earth into north and south hemispheres |
| Compass- | Shows´s cardinal direction´North South East West |
| Continent- | on earth we have 7 large land masses called continents |