Week 1 Vocabulary Review

North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica

• Latitude

• States

• Countries

• Continents

Imaginary lines that run horizontal (east to west) and describe a location on a map and globe

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Hemispheres

• Globe

Imaginary lines that run vertical (north to south) and describe a location on a map and globe

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Atlas

• Hemispheres

Line of latitude that splits the Earth into two hemispheres and measures at 0°

• Prime Meridian

• Latitude

• Hemisphere

• Equator

Line of longitude that splits the Earth into two hemispheres and measures at 0°

• Longitude

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Globe

A half of the Earth. The Earth is split into four hemispheres. Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, and Western Hemisphere.

• Hemisphere

• Map

• Latitude

• Equator

A location on the Earth that is found using coordinates of latitude and longitude

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

• Map Location

• Latitude

A location that is found by describing what is around you (landmark, landforms, bodies of water, etc.)

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

• Map Location

• Globe

The movement of people from one place/country to another

• Movement

• Migration

• Land Bridge

• Motion

A theory that animals and people migrated on across to America from Asia

• Land bridge (Bering Strait)

• Alaska Theory

• Nomads

• Big Bang Theory