Basics and Physical earth

Lines on a map that run vertical (up and down)

• Latitude
• Longitude

Lines on a map that run parallel (side to side)

• latitude
• longitude

Line found at 0^o  latitude

• equator
• prime meridian
• international date line

line found at 0^o  longitude

• Prime Meridian 
• Equator
• International Date Line

Indicates general directions on a map

• compass rose
• key
• legend
• title

Absolute location is 

• the exact latitude and longitude coordinates of a place
• describing a place by explaining what it is near

Relative location is 

• the exact latitude and longitude coordinates of a place
• describing the location of a place by explaining what it is near

a map maker

• cartographer
• latitude
• map
• Prime Meridian 

To help them map out the world geographers use the lines of latitude and longitude like a _____________ to find absolute location

• Grid System
• Compass Rose
• Magnetic fields
• Map Projection

What is movement?

• how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another
• what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
• ways in which the places in an area are alike.
• shows where a place is located in relation to its surroundings