Flex your Geo-skills with geography vocab!
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Geography | The study of earth, how it shapes people's lives and is shaped in turn by people's activities.
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| Region | An area with common features that set it apart from other areas.
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| Continent | One of the Earths seven large bodies of land.
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| Meridian | Any line of longitude east or west of Earth's prime meridian.
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| Hemisphere | One of the halves of the Earth.
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| Prime Meridian | The line of longitude marked 0 degrees on the world map,from which longitude east and west are measured.
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| Equator | An imaginary line circling the Earth halfway way between the North and South Poles and dividing Earth into North and South Hemispheres.
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| Latitude | Distance north or south of the equator,measured by a set of imaginary lines,or parallels,that run east and west around Earth.run-E/W measure-N/S.never meet
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| Longitude | Distance east or west of the prime meridian measured by a set of imaginary lines,or meridians,that run north and south from Earth's poles.run-N/S measure-E/W.Meet at the north/south pole
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| Parallel | In geography,any line of latitude north or south of the equator;parallels never cross or meet.
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| Cardinal Directions | north,south,east,west
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| Compass Rose | A drawing on a map that shows directions.
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| Intermediate Directions | The directions halfway between the cardinal directions;northeast,southeast,northwest,southwest.
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| Locator | A small map that shows where the subject of the main map is located.
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| Map Key | A list of map symbols that tells what each symbol stands for.
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| Scale | A unit of measure on a map,such as an inch,that is used to represent a distance on Earth.
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| Symbol | Anything that stands for something else.
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| Political Map | Show all government features(cities,states,capitals)
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| Physical Map | Show physical features( land forms,natural resources)
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| Elevation Map | Show height of land.(using colors)
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| Relief Map | shows elevation by shading.
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| Historical Map | Show information about the past,also (sometimes)Includes dates in title
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| Distribution Map | Show how information is spread across an area (Information=language,religion,population).
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