Geography Study Guide

What is geography?

• They study of the Earth

• The study of the map

• The study of America

• The study of history

What hemisphere do you live in?

• Canadian
• Northern
• Southern
• Mexican

What Continent do you live on?

• South America
• Europe
• North America
• Australia

The four main points of the compass North, South, East, and West.

• Compass Rose
• Cardinal Directions
• Intermediate Directions
• Map Scale

A circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart.

• A Point
• Compass Rose
• Map Scale
• Direction

Shows the relationship between a unit of length on a map and the corresponding length

• Map Scale
• Hemisphere
• Compass Rose
• Continent

__________ directions are northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.

• Latitude
• Cardinal
• Intermediate
• Longitudinal

This type of map shows physical features of the land, including valleys, canyons, plains, and mountains.

• Political
• Physical
• Time Zones
• Map Key

A _________ is used to represent real objects on the map such as a building, road, lake, tree, mountain, etc.

• Symbol
• Compass Rose
• Map Scale
• Merdian

 A __________ is used to identify the direction of north, south, east, and west.

• Compass Rose
• Map Scale
• Latitude Lines
• Longitude Lines