Question | Answer |
Human Geography | distribution of characteristics of today's people |
Physical geography | focuses on earth natural environment |
Geography | the study of the physical, biological, and cultural features of earth |
Political Maps | show borders, cities, countries, states, and locates places on earth |
Physical Map | shows natural features like mountains, rivers, bodies of water |
Map Key | shows colors or symbols that represents many kinds of features on a map |
Map Scale | measuring lines |
Latitude | North or south of the equator |
Equator | 0 line 90 degrees latitude |
Longtitude | Lines measuring east and west of the Prime Meridian |
Prime Meridian | 0 degrees longtitude; 0 degrees to 180 degrees |
Compass Rose | shows the locations of a map on earth |
Hemisphere | divides the earths sphere in half using Prime Meridian |
Name the 7 Continents | North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antartica, and Africa |
Name 4 Oceans | Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic |
List the 4 Cardinal Directions | North South East and West |
Intermediate Directions | Southwest, Southeast, Northwest and Northeast |
Absolute location | exact location of a place on earth global coordinates |
Relative location | the position of a place in relation to another place |
Thematic maps | shows a specific spatial, theme. or topic |
Plateau | large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land |
Valley | a low place between mountains |
Canyon | a deep valley with steep sides often carved from the earth by a river |
Strait | a narrow body of water that connects two large bodies of water |
Non renewable resources | Resources that cannot be replaced ex. fossil fuel, oil coal gems gold silver |
Renewable resources | resources that can be replaced naturally ex. Water, air, trees, fish, soil |
Natural Resources | Coal, gems, water, air |
Modifying the environment | change to suit the environment to suit the needs of the people |
Adapting to the environment | changing your ways of doing things in response to physical characteristics of the place |