Geography - Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Weather elements, such as temperature, rainfall, and wind, that are measured over a period of time in an area.

• Climate

• compass

• landform

• longitude

A tool or instrument for finding direction

• globe

• compass

• government

• vegetation

A sphere that is a model of earth and most accurately represents it

• compass

• country

• Globe

• continent

The study of our physical surroundings and how humans interact with them

• geography

• globe

• climate

• vegetation

The organization that makes the laws in a country

• Climate

• Globe

• vegetation

• Government

A part of earth's surface including landmasses and bodies of water.

• Compass

• Physical features

• vegetation

• Landform

An imaginary line called a meridian that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole

• Compass

• Globe

• Latitude

• Longitude

An imaginary line called a parallel that runs west and east around earth

• Government

• Compass

• Latitude

• Longitude

The type of plants in an area or a region

• Vegetation

• Climate

• Geography

• Landform

A physical feature on Earth's surface such as a mountain or a plain

• Vegetation

• Landform

• Climate

• Compass