WG Vocab Quiz

the study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth.

• geography

• absolute location

• Relative location

• hemisphere

the exact place on earth where a geographic feature, such as a city, is found.

• geography

• absolute location

• Relative location

• hemisphere

describes a place in comparison to other places around it.

• geography

• absolute location

• Relative location

• hemisphere

each half of the globe.

• geography

• absolute location

• Relative location

• hemisphere

an imaginary line that divides the north and south halves.

• equator

• prime meridian

• latitude

• longitude

an imaginary line dividing the earth east and west.

• equator

• prime meridian

• latitude

• longitude

used to locate places north or south, they are a set of imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator.

• equator

• prime meridian

• latitude

• longitude

a set of imaginary lines that go around the earth over the poles

• equator

• prime meridian

• latitude

• longitude

a three-dimensional representation of the earth.

• globe

• maps

• map projection

• topographic map

two-dimensional graphic representations of selected parts of the earth’s surface.

• globe

• maps

• map projection

• topographic map