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Basic Geography Term
Unit One Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A book of maps | Atlas |
| Height above sea level | Elevation |
| The main line of latitude | Equator |
| Average number of people per sq. mile | population Density |
| Pie shaped graph shows "whole" divided | Circle graph |
| The main line of longitude | The prime meridian |
| Relationship betweenthe distance in real life and the distance on a map | Map scale |
| North South east west | Cardinal Directions |
| What are ordinal directions | North East North West South East South West |
| Climate or weather patterns in a specific place | Climograph |
| A map that shows an areas elevation | Physical Map |
| Average weather pattern of an area | climate |
| A map that shows an area's resources/products | Resource map |
| A half of earth | hemisphere |
| Makes a comparison uses symbols/pics | pictograph |
| a graph that compares info | bar graph |
| a map that shos people made boundaries | political map |
| a graphic way of presenting info in a organized waay | chart |
| parrallell lines that run east to west on a map or globe | Latitude |
| A map showing what an areas land is used for | land use map |
| latitude/longitude lines cfross each other | grid system |
| study of earth9land and people0 | geography |
| Latitude line 66 1/2 degrees north | Arctic circle |
| latitude line 66 1/2 degrees south | antartic circle |
| Meridians (lines) that run north/south on a map and globe | Longitude |
| Map that shows specific info like climate or population | thematic map |
| measures distance on a map | scale bar |
| How far and in what dirrectiopn one place is to another | relative location |
| a ball (spherical) shaped model of the earth | Globe |
| The exact position of a place on earth | absolute location |
| small symbol that shows directions on map | compass rose |