Vocabulary - Geography & Timelines

An area's location based on its latitude and longitude.

• absolute location

• coordinate location

• grid location

• relative location

A period of 100 years.

• age/era

• century

• decade

• millenium

Major landmasses of the world

• continents

• countries

• nations

• states

A period of 10 years

• age/era

• century

• decade

• millenium

The line of latitude midway between the North and South Poles

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

A period of history having some special characteristics

• age/era

• century

• decade

• millenium

The study of the earth's surface

• astronomy

• geography

• geology

• oceanography

Half of the globe

• continent

• hemisphere

• meridian

• parallel

Imaginary grid lines that circle the globe east to west and measure the distance north or south of the equator

• latitude

• legend

• longitude

• meridians

A title or key accompanying a map

• compass

• heading

• legend

• scale