Human-Environment Interaction

How humans depend on, adapt to, or modify the environment.

Multiple places grouped together based on similar characteristics.

The ways and reasons that people, ideas, goods, resources, and communication travel across the planet.

one of the halves of the earth as divided by the equator or a meridian.

Tells what the symbols, lines, and colors represent on a map.

A line that helps you measure distance on a map.

A smaller map that tells you the location of the main map.

intermediate directions

Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest

The part of the map that shows where due north is.

A type of map that shows human created boundaries (such as countries, states, or even cities).

A type of map that shows physical features (landforms, bodies of water, and elevation).

A type of map that is created to show a particular theme (Examples: population, precipitation, popular religions, etc...)

The line of latitude that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.

The line of longitude that divides the earth into the western and eastern hemispheres.

imaginary lines, also called parallels, that run across the earth east to west, but they measure your distance north or south of the equator.

imaginary lines, also called meridians, that run north to south over the poles, but they measure the distance east or west of the prime meridian.

the largest masses of land on the earth - there are 7

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Geography Unit

Use these terms to prepare

Term	Definition
Location	Where a person or thing is - it can be absolute or relative.
Place	Describes the human and physical characteristics of a location.
Human-Environment Interaction	How humans depend on, adapt to, or modify the environment.
Regions	Multiple places grouped together based on similar characteristics.
Movement	The ways and reasons that people, ideas, goods, resources, and communication travel across the planet.
hemisphere	one of the halves of the earth as divided by the equator or a meridian.
map key	Tells what the symbols, lines, and colors represent on a map.
scale	A line that helps you measure distance on a map.
locator map	A smaller map that tells you the location of the main map.
cardinal directions	North, South, East, West
intermediate directions	Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest
compass rose	The part of the map that shows where due north is.
Political Map	A type of map that shows human created boundaries (such as countries, states, or even cities).
Physical Map	A type of map that shows physical features (landforms, bodies of water, and elevation).
Special Purpose Map	A type of map that is created to show a particular theme (Examples: population, precipitation, popular religions, etc...)
equator	The line of latitude that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.
prime meridian	The line of longitude that divides the earth into the western and eastern hemispheres.
lines of latitude	imaginary lines, also called parallels, that run across the earth east to west, but they measure your distance north or south of the equator.
lines of longitude	imaginary lines, also called meridians, that run north to south over the poles, but they measure the distance east or west of the prime meridian.
continents	the largest masses of land on the earth - there are 7

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