Geographer's Tools

the set of beliefs, and traits shared by a group of people

• culture

• cultural region

• dialect

• language

a regional variety of a language with unique features such as vocabulary, grammar, or pronunciation.

• language

• dialect

• ethnic group

• globalization

the study of Earth and its people places, and environments

• region

• landscape

• geography

• environment

the lines on a map that run east to west

• latitude

• longitude

• prime meridian

• equator

the lines on a map that run north to south

• latitude

• longitude

• prime meridain

• equator

a line of latitude that runs around the middle of the Earth

• prime meridian

• equator

• longitude

• latitude

the starting point for measuring longitude

• longitude

• latitude

• Prime Meridain

• equator

the feature on a map that shows direction

• elevation

• relief

• scale bar

• compass rose

each half of the Earth

• Prime Meridian

• Hemisphere

• equator

• latitude

What continent is this?

• South America

• Asia

• Africa

• North America