Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

geography vocab

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Vocab Word
Definition
Absolute Location   specific, exact point of reference example: address  
🗑
Relative Location   less specific but still accurate  
🗑
Perspective   a persons way of seeing something based on their belief or culture  
🗑
Distance   how far away something is from a place  
🗑
Direction   a way to go such as North, South, East, or West  
🗑
Bearing   horizontal direction of one point with respect to another or to the compass  
🗑
Coordinate   specific point on a map example:(0°,0°)  
🗑
Vector   a course or compass direction  
🗑
Equator   Location on the Earth that has a latitude of 0°  
🗑
Parallel   lines of latitude  
🗑
Prime Meridian   location on the earth that has a longitude of 0°  
🗑
Meridian   lines of longitude  
🗑
Hemisphere   Half of the world  
🗑
Tropic of Cancer   Latitude of 23.5° North. Northern limit of the Sun's declination.  
🗑
Tropic of Capricorn   North, South, East, and West  
🗑
Cardinal Directions   North, South, East, and West  
🗑
Intermediate Directions   Northwest,Northeast,Southwest,Southeast  
🗑
Location   characteristics: direction, distance, proximity: measured by length  
🗑
Place   physical and human characteristics of a place  
🗑
Movement   how things, people and animals get from place to place  
🗑
Human Environment Interaction   how humans affect the environment, how the environment affects humans, how humans adapt to the environment  
🗑
Region   regions divide the world into managable units for geographic study  
🗑
Latitude   Latitude is a north-south measurement of position on the Earth  
🗑
International Dateline   a line drawn almost parrellel to the 180 degree longitude meridian which marks the location where each day officially begins.  
🗑
Tropic Zone   the area between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn  
🗑
Environment   everything that surrounds us, both natural and man-made  
🗑
Ecology   a unique environment  
🗑
proximity   nearness, or vicinity to something  
🗑
longitude   Longitude is a west-east measurement of position on the Earth.  
🗑
adaptation   how living things live in their unique environment  
🗑
climate   average weather in a region over a long period of time  
🗑
compass rose   a piece of a map that shows the cardinal and intermediate directions  
🗑
legend/key   a piece of a map that shows the meaning of symbols used on the map  
🗑
scale   a piece of a map that shows distance  
🗑
equinox(2)   either of two times in the year when night and day are of equal length  
🗑
solstice(2)   either of two times in the year when the sun is farthest from the equator  
🗑
poles   one end of the earth, north or south  
🗑
GPS(global positioning system)   a satellite based navigation system  
🗑
GIS(geographic information system)   a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: maddiemack00
Popular Geography sets