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Geography Basic Term
unit 1 vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A book of maps | Atlas |
| Height above sea level | elevations |
| Climate or weather patterns in a specific place | Climograph |
| A map that shows people-made boundaries | political map |
| Latitude | west and east |
| Pie-shaped graph. Shows "whole" divided | Circle Graph |
| Study of the earth and everything on it | Geography |
| A graphic way of presenting info in a organized way. | Chart |
| A guide to the symbols on a map. | mapkey |
| A graph that compares info | Bar Graph |
| A small symbol that shows direction on a map. | Compass Rose |
| A map that shows an ares's elevation | Physical Map |
| The exact position of a place on Earth | Absoulute location |
| The main line of latitude | The Equator |
| How far and in what direction one place is to another. | Relative Location |
| Average number of people per sq. mile | population density |
| Latuide/ longtude lines cross each toher | grid system |
| relationship between the distance in real life and on a map | map scale |
| Average weather pattern of an area | climate |
| the study of earths surface features... | topography |
| a map that shows an area's resources/ products | reasourse map |
| a ball- shaped map of the earth | globe |
| a map showing what an area's land is used for | land use map |
| a half of the earth | hemisphere |
| North, South, East, West | Cardinal direction |
| Longitude | North to South |
| Laitude line 66 1/2 degrees South | Anartic circle |
| Latitude line 66 1/2 degrees North | Artic circle |