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Geography
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Location | Tells you where it is |
| Place | What is it like when you get there |
| Movement | People and ideas getting around |
| Human Environment Interaction | What do the people do to the environment?What does the environment do for people? |
| Regions | What do locations have in common?--Climate,religion,language,education,states are territories - borders of a nation |
| Hemisphere | Half of a sphere [Earth is separated into north and south hemisphere and east and west hemisphere] |
| 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 the east |
| Equator | 0 degrees Latitude and divides the earth into north and south hemisphere |
| Compass | shows ‘cardinal direction’ NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST |