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1.BasicGeoterms
Terms Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A book of maps | Atlas |
| Height above sea level | elevation |
| How far and in what direction one place is to another. | relative location |
| The main line of latitude | equator |
| A graphic way of presenting info ina organized way. | charts |
| The study of the earth and everthing on it | geography |
| latitute line 66 1/2 degrees north | Artic Circle |
| longitude line 66 1/2 degrees south | Antiartic Circle |
| Meridians that run north/south on a map or globe | longitude |
| shows specific info like climate or population | thematic map |
| measured the distance on a map | scale bar |
| A half of the Earth | hemisphere |
| A map that shows people-made boundaries | political map |
| A map that shows an Earth elevation | physical map |
| Parallel lines that run west and east | latitude |
| Climate or weather patterens in a spefic climate | Climograph |
| Makes comparisson-using symbols/pics | Pictograph |
| A map guide to the sybols on a map. | Map Key |
| Average weather patteren of an area. | Climate |
| A ball-shaped map of the earth | globe |
| relationship between the distance in real life and the distance on a map | map scale |
| pie shaped graph shows whole divided | circle graph |
| latitude/longitude lines cross each other | grid system |
| Average number of people per square mile | populations density |
| A graph that compares information | bar graph |
| the exact position of a place on earth | absolute location |
| small symbol that shows direction on a map. | compass rose |
| North, South, East, and West | cardinal directions |