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Geography
Vocab
| 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 and education. |
| Latitude - | measures south and north and run from east and west-- like the rungs of a ladder |
| Longitude - | measures east and west and the lines run from north to south |
| Prime Meridian - | 0 degrees longitude. |
| Equator- | 0 degrees Latitude and divides the earth into north and south hemispheres |
| Compass - | shows ‘cardinal direction’ NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST |
| Country - | territory of a nation |
| State - | Florida is a state |
| Hemisphere- | half a sphere |
| Continent - | on earth we have 7 large things called continents |