GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY

What is climate?

• North, East, South, West

• Weather conditions in an area over a period of time.

• Special symbols

What are the Cardinal Directions?

• North, East, South, West

• Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, Northwest

• Birds that tell us what direction to go

What is a Compass Rose?

• The key to a map

• Special symbol that helps you find directions

• Where something is found

What is Geography?

• The study of Social Studies

• The study of life on Earth

• The study of Earth, its features and the way people live and work on Earth

What is Human and Environment interaction?

• describes how people affect their environment, or natural surroundings and how their environment affects them

• The way people act in their environment

• having an impact on the actions and behaviors of others

What are Human Features or otherwise known as "man-made"?

• Behavior of human beings

• Things humans like to go see

• structures developed by people such as airports, buildings, roads, playgrounds and schools

What are the Intermediate Directions?

• North, South, East, West

• Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, Northwest

• South, North, Northeast and Southeast

What is a Legend?

• Explain what every symbol on a map means

• something famous

• Where something is found

What is a location?

• a house

• features to find a certain place

• where something is found

What is movement?

• Explains how people, goods, information, and ideas move from one place to another.

• Driving

• Pushing something out of the way