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Basic Geo Terms 1
Unit 1 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a book of maps | atlas |
| height above sea level | elivation |
| study of earth and everything on it ( land and people) | Geography |
| makes comparisson- uses symbold/pics | pictograph |
| latitude/longitude lines cross each other | grid system |
| North, South, East, West | Cardinal Directions |
| What are ordinal directions? | NE, NW, SE, SW |
| a ball-shaped map of the Earth | globe |
| Latitude | West and East |
| longitude | North and South |
| Relationship between the distance in real life and and the distance on a map | Map scale |
| the main line of latitude | equator |
| the main line of longitude | prime meridian |
| average numnber of people per square mile | population density |
| a map showing what an area's land is used for | land use map |
| how far and and in what direction one plane is to another | relative location |
| a small symbol that shows direction on a map | compass rose |
| Pie-shaped graph that shows 'whole' divided | circle graph |
| A half of the earth | hemisphere |
| the exact position of a place on earth | absolute location |
| a amp that shows an area's elevation | physical map |
| climate or weather patterns in a specific place | climograph |
| a prahpic way of presenting info in a organized way | chart |
| average weather pattern of an area | climate |
| a map showing people made boundries | political map |
| a graph that compairs information | bar graph |