Map Skills and the World

the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.

• geography

• political map

• physical map

• human geography

the study of Earth’s seasons, climate, atmosphere, soil, streams, land forms, and oceans.

• human geography

• physical geography

• continents

• physical map

the study of the distribution of networks of people and cultures on Earth’s surface.

• human geography

• physical geography

• political map

• physical map

main landmass of the globe; usually recognized as one of seven land masses

• continents

• oceans

a part of a map that compares distance on a map to distance in the real world

• map

• map scale

• legend

• compass rose

a part of a map that shows the cardinal and intermediate directions

• map

• map scale

• compass rose

• legend

a table on a map or chart that lists and explains the symbols used

• map

• map scale

• compass rose

• legend

the angular distance north or south from the  equator of a point on the earth’s surface

• latitude

• longitude

the angular distance east or west from the Prime Meridian

• latitude

• longitude

half of the earth North of the equator

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere