Social Studies Unit 1 Vocabulary

An area of land controlled by another country is

• canyon

• geographer

• territory

• tributary

An imaginary line on Earth that goes from east to west

• absolute location

• contiguous

• longitude

• latitude

A river or stream that flows into a larger river

• tributary

• canyon

• influence

• territory

To meet and cross at one or more points is

• navigable

• influence

• contiguous

• intersect

To be touching or connected is

• intersect

• contiguous

• relative location

• geographer

Relative location means

• the exact location of a place

• an imaginary line on Earth that goes from north to south

• location of a place in relation to a landmark

• able to allow ships to travel through

Navigable means

• to change or affect someone

• a river or stream that flows into a larger river

• to meet or cross at one or more points

• able to allow ships to travel through

To change or affect someone or something is

• influence

• intersect

• geographer

• navigable

Absolute location means

• location of a place in relation to a landmark

• canyon

• the exact location of a place

• an area of land controlled by another country

Someone who studies geography

• canyon

• geographer

• territory

• tributary