Unit 0: Geography and Vocab.

Climate is...

• natural features of the land’s surface

• area with one or more features that make it different from surrounding areas

• all the living and nonliving things that affect live in an area

• pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time

Geography is...

• the study of rocks

• study of the earth’s physical and cultural features

• pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time

• study of the past

Culture is defined as...

• very old; from a long time ago

• knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people

• 100 years

• A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes

The largest continent in the world is

• Asia

• Africa

• North America

• South America

The smallest continent in the world is

• Antarctica

• Europe

• Australia

• South America

The Equator

• is located in Greenwich, England

• is a line of longitude

• divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres

• divides the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres

A hemisphere is...

• how the Earth is divided into halves

• how the Earth is divided into quarters

• a planet

• line of latitude

Latitude

• horizontal lines of degrees used to generate locations

• vertical lines of degrees used to generate locations

• the same thing as a hemisphere

• the same thing as the Prime Meridian

Longitude

• vertical lines of degrees that generate a location

• horizontal lines of degrees that generate a location

• divides the Earth into hemispheres

• the same thing as the equator

What is the Prime Meridian?

• a line of latitude that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres

• a place in Africa

• a line of longitude that divides the Earth into Eastern and Western hemsipheres

• the same thing as the equator