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Geography
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Location- | Tells you where it is |
| Place - | What it is like when you get there |
| Movement - | The way people 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,states are territories -borders of a nation. |
| Hemisphere- | Half of a sphere |
| 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 and divides the earth into east and west |
| Equator - | 0 degrees Latitude and divides the earth into north and south hemispheres |
| Compass - | shows how direction’ NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST |