Geography Basics - Unit 1.1 Vocabulary

What part of a map tells you the directions?

• scale

• title

• compass rose

• key/legend

This tool shows the relationship between the distances on a map and real distances.

• map key (legend)

• compass rose

• scale

• global grid

Explains what the symbols on a map stand for.

• Map legend (key)

• scale

• compass rose

• global grid

How people, goods, and ideas move to and from a place.

• location

• human environment interaction

• movement

• place

• region

The imaginary line that divides the globe/world into the Eastern Hemisphere & Western Hemispheres.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

How a place affects the people living there and how people

living there affect the place.

• human environment interaction

• place

• location

• region

• movement

The main directions such as north, south, east, and west (NEWS).

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

• scale

• map legend (key)

Describes the human and physical characteristics there.

• place

• location

• movement

• region

• human environment interaction

Features of a place that set it apart from other places.

• movement

• location

• place

• human environment interactions

• region

The imaginary line that divides the globe/world into the Northern & Southern Hemispheres.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Lines of Longitude

• Lines of Latitude