Social Studies Unit 1 Lesson 1

Someone who studies geography.

• Coach

• Lawyer

• Geographer

• Latitude

An imaginary line on Earth that goes from north to south and shows a location’s distance from the Prime Meridian.

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Absolute location

• Hemispheres

The exact location of place.

• Map

• Globe

• Relative location

• Absolute location

An imaginary line on earth that goes from east to west and shows the location’s distance from the Equator.

• Geography

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Prime meridian

The location of a place in relation to other landmarks.

• Relative location

• Absolute location

• Equator

• Geographic location

An area of land controlled by a nation.

• Prime meridian

• Territory

• Absolute location

• GPS

A deep valley with steep sides.

• Plains

• Territory

• Canyon

• School

Means to be touching or connected in an unbroken series.

• Contiguous

• GPS

• Territory

• GIS

Is the action or event that made the effect happen.

• Cause

• Effect

• Climate

• Erosion

Is the result of another event or action.

• Cause

• Effect

• Climate

• Erosion