Vocabulary Practice

What word means study of the earth and its people

• Geography

• Geographer

• Political Regions

• Settlement Patterns

What is  the branch of geography dealing with human activity affects or is influenced by the earth’s surface (populations)

• Physical Geography

• Human Geography

• Geography

• Political Region

What is the branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes (natural environment)

• Human Geography

• Physical Geography

• Geography

• Settlement Patterns

What is  used to describe the location of a point on a map with a series of intersecting vertical and horizontal lines

• Scale

• Symbol

• Legends/Keys

• Grid System

What is a table of symbols printed on a map used to define the map features.

• Grid System

• Legends/Key

• Compass

• Scale

 What is a visual representation of a real world object or feature on a map

• Scale

• Compass

• Symbols

• Compass Rose

This is the relationship between the distance on a map and the corresponding distance on Earth. 

• Scale

• Symbol

• Compass

• Compass Rose

This is an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that indicates direction on the Earth’s surface by pointing toward the north. 

• Symbol

• Scale

• Compass

• Compass Rose

This shows the principal directions printed on a map or chart. (N, S, E, W)

• Compass

• Compass Rose

• Symbol

• Scale

A person who draws or produces maps

• Geographer

• Cities

• Countries

• Cartographer