Ch.1 L.1 Vocab

The study of Earth and its people

• Geography

• Region

• Landform

• Spatial

Refers to Earth's features in terms of their locations, shapes, and relationships to one another

• Spatial

• Landscape

• Region

• Climate

Portions of Earth's surface that can be viewed at one time and from one location

• Landscapes

• Relative location

• Geography

• Resource

Where a place is compared to another place

• Relative location

• Absolute location

• Prime Meridian

• Environment

The exact location of something

• Absolute location

• Equator

• Landscape

• Relative location

Lines of latitude run

• East to West

• North to South

Lines of latitude MEASURE

• North to South

• East to West

Lines of longitude run

• East to West

• North to South

Lines of longitude MEASURE

• East to West

• North to South

Line of latitude that circles the middle of the Earth

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Resource

• Region