Basic Geography Skill

skills provide the tools and methods for us to understand the relationships between people, places, and environments

• geography

• location

• grid

• North Latitude

Geography is often said to begin with the question:

Where? Although this question can be answered in many ways the basic tool for finding the answer is

• geography

• location

• grid

• North Latitude

Lines on globes and maps provide information that can

help you locate places. These lines cross one another, forming a pattern called a

• geography

• location

• grid

• North Latitude

Parallels north of the Equator

• geography

• location

• grid

• North Latitude

Parallels south of the Equator

• south latitude

• Meridians

• Prime Meridian

• East longitude

Circle the Earth from Pole to Pole. Run east and west of the Prime Meridian

• south latitude

• Meridians

• Prime Meridian

• East longitude

Line of longitude that runs through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.

• south latitude

• Meridians

• Prime Meridian

• East longitude

Places east of the PM

• south latitude

• Meridians

• Prime Meridian

• East longitude

Places west of the PM

• West longitude

• Absolute location

• Minutes

• globe

A global address where latitude and longitude lines cross

exactly at that place

• West longitude

• Absolute location

• Minutes

• globe