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Geography of the US
Geography Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Graph | Describing |
| Geo | Earth |
| Geographers | Study Earth and its land, features, and people. |
| Globe | a sphere that is a model of Earth and most accurately represents it. |
| Geography | the study of our physical surroundings and how humans interact with them |
| Compass | a tool or instrument for finding directions |
| Earth | a sphere, or something shaped like a ball |
| Maps are important because | They help people understand geography or the study of the world around us and its people. |
| Intermediate directions | Points between the cardinal directions |
| Compose rose | a symbol that shows all or some of these cardinal directions |
| Equator | splits the earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres |
| Prime Meridian | splits the earth into the Western and Eastern hemisphere |
| Pacific Ocean | The largest Ocean |
| Arctic Ocean | The Smallest Ocean |
| Continents | Large masses of land |
| Asia | The largest continent |
| Australia | The smallest continent |
| Latitude | imaginary line called a parallel that runs west and east around Earth |
| Longitude | an imaginary line called a meridian that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole |
| Meridians of Longitude | The Lines that run between the North Pole to the South Pole |
| Physical features | a part of Earth's surface including landmasses and bodies of water |
| Tributary | a smaller stream that runs into a river |
| Mouth | Where a river empties into a larger body of water such as a ocean and lake |
| Bay | similar to a gulf, but is usually smaller |
| Gulf | When a portion of the sea is surrounded by land but has a small opening. |
| Landform | A physical feature on Earth's surface |
| Plain | One major type of land form that are mostly flat, cover more than 1/3 of the area, and they exist on every continent. |
| Mountain | rise above the surrounding land and usually have steep sides |
| Mountain range | a row of connected mountains |
| Hill | a smaller area of land that rises above the surrounding land |
| Valley | Between ranges of mountains or hills are low areas |
| Peninsula | area of land has water around on three sides |
| cape | a piece of land that juts out into the water and usually smaller or narrower than a penisula. |
| Island | land completely surrounded by water |
| delta | formed when soil is deposited at the mouth of a river, and shaped like a triangle or a birds foot. |
| government | the organization that makes the laws in a country, state or community and has the power to enforce them. |
| Regions | US are broken into 5 areas |
| Climate | weather elements such as temperature rainfall, and wind, that are measured over a period of time in an area |
| elevation | the distance above sea level |
| vegetation | the types of plants in an area or a region. |
| Grassland | Short and tall grasses that are used to cold and hot temperatures grow here |
| cartographers | People who design and create maps |
| Physical Map | a map made from what people can see |
| Climate Maps | made from data that is collected by taking measurements |
| Political Map | different states and countries agree on where their borders are and record them. |
| Economic Map | can show how much things cost in an area or how much people make. |
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