FinalExamReview 1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
atlas | a book of maps |
elevation | height above sea level |
geography | study of earth (land and people) |
Artic Circle | latitude line 66 1/2 degress north |
Antarctic circle | latitude 66 1/2 degress south |
longitude | meridians(lines) that run north/south on a map or globe |
themeatic map | map that shows specific info like climate or population |
scale bar | measure distnace on a map |
cardinal dirction | north, south, east, west |
map scale | the realationship between the distance between two places in real life and on a map |
hemiphere | a half of the earth |
equtor | the main line of a latitude |
circle graph | pie-shaped graph shows "whole" divide |
globe | a ball (spherical)shaped modle og the earth |
population density | averge number of people per square mile |
bar pragh | a graph that compares information |
grid system | when laditude/longitude lines cross each other |
climograph | shows climate or weather patterns in a specfic place |
pictograph | makes comparison using symbols or pictures |
relative location | how far and in what direction one place is to another |
chart | a graphic way of presenting info in an organzied way |
political map | a map showing people - made boundaries |
physical map | a map that shows elevaton |
map key | a guide that shows what colors and symbols mean on a map |
climate | average weather pattern of an area |
absloute location | the exact positon of a placeon earth |
compass rose | small symbol that shows direction on a map |
latuide | parallel lines that run east to west on a map or globe |
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