SS chapter 1 vocab

The study of Earth and its peoples, places and environments.

• spatial

• relative location

• geography

• Equator

The Earth’s features in terms of location, shapes, and relationships to one

• spatial

• landscape

• longitude

• landform

Portions of the Earth’s surface that can be viewed at one time and from one location.

• landform

• environment

• resource

• landscape

Describes where a place is compared to another place.

• relative location

• latitude

• absolute location

• Prime Meridian

The exact location of something

• region

• Equator

• absolute location

• latitude

lines that run east to west

• climate

• longitude

• latitude

• region

a latitudinal line that circles the middle of the Earth

• region

• geography

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

lines that run north and south

• landscape

• longitude

• spatial

• geography

The starting point for measuring longitude

• longitude

• landscape

• environment

• Prime Meridian

A group of places that are close to each other and share some characteristics.

• climate

• landscape

• region

• geography