Unit 1 Vocabulary

Geography

• The study of both the physical and political features of the Earth and how humans impact and adapt to their environments

• Maps Only

• The study of physical features of Mars

• How humans move around on the planet Earth

Cartography

• The art of sailing

• Someone who collects the carts outside Walmart

• The act of making and reproducing a map

• The use of pens and pencils to create lists

Longitude

• the lines measured as North and South and they run East and West

• used by sailors to avoid sea accidents

• Also called the Tropic of Cancer

• the lines measured as East and West and they run North and South.

Latitude

• the lines measured as East and West and they run North and South

• Also know as the Tropic of Capricorn

• the lines measured as North and South and they run East and West

• Are not used by sailors

Peninsula

• An area of land that is completely surrounded by water

• An area of land that is surrounded by water on three sides and connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land

• An area of land that has mountains, hills, or rocky terrain

• The area that surrounds a desert

GPS

• Gotlost Please Sendhelp

• Global Precision System

• Global Positioning Satellite

• Geometric Placement Syndrome

Continent

• The term used to explain the location of mammals

• One of the terms used to describe a large bird

• Another name for country

• One of the seven large landmasses that covers the Earth’s surface

Ocean

• One of five large areas of water that covers the Earth’s surface; all oceans are salt water

• Large bodies of water that only contain fresh water

• Large amounts of water that flow through a country

• Only body of water you can sail on

Country

• a system of organizing land

• a an area of land that is controlled by a king

• a type of government

• an area of land that is controlled by its own government

Political Map

• A map that shows the elevation of an area

• A map that shows where natural features are located

• A map that shows the climate of an area

• A map that shows names and political boundaries of countries