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BasicGeoTerms123
Unit1vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A book of maps | Atlas |
| height above sea level | elevation |
| Study of the earth and everything on it | geography |
| A guide to the symbols on a map | Mapkey |
| A graphic way of presnting info in a organized way | Chart |
| A graph that compares info | Bargraph |
| A map that showss people- made boundries | Political map |
| Pie-shaed graph. Shows "Whole"Divided | Circle Graph |
| A map that shows an areas elevation | Physical map |
| The exact position of a pelace on earth | Absolute location |
| How far and in what direction one place is to another | relative location |
| Climatebor weather patterns in a specific place | Climo graph |
| The main line of longitude | Prime mevidian |
| A small symmbole that shows direction on a map | Compass rose |
| A main line of latitude | equator |
| Average number of people per sq.mile | population densety |
| Average weather patter of an area | Cimate |
| Relationshp between the distance in real life and the distance on a map | Map scale |
| Latitude /longitude lines cross each other | Grid system |
| A map that shows an area's resources/ products | Resource map |
| A ball-shapes modle of the earth | globe |
| Lines that run up and down | longitude |
| A graphic way of presenting info in an organized way | A chart |
| Latitude line 66 1/2 degrees south | Antartic Circle |
| latitude line 66 1/2 degrees north | Artic Circle |
| North south east west are all | absolute direction |
| The exact position of a place on earth | Absoluite direction |
| Half of earth | Hemi-shere |
| A graphic way of presenting information | Graph |