Geography Vocabulary

A map that shows areas that share similar physical or human characteristics.

• physical map

• historical map

• regions map

• region

A map that compares and contrasts the elevations of different areas.

• elevation map

• relief

• relative location

• prime meridian

A model of the sphere earth.

• globe

• hemisphere

• absolute location

• geography

A description of a place in relation to another place.

• absolute

• relative

• absolute location

• relative location

The line of longitude marked as zero degrees.

• historical map

• prime meridian

• equator

• none of the above

The imaginary line that runs around the center of earth.

• equator

• latitude

• region

• map

The exact location of a place that does not change.

• exact location

• hemisphere

• absolute location

• plain

half of the sphere earth.

• hemisphere

• absolute location

• hemisphere map

• exact

evenly spaced lines on a map that extend north and south between the north pole and south pole.

• longitude

• geology

• geography

• maps

The land and bodies of water of a place. ( the study of earth.)

• physical map

• geology

• geography

• plain