Geography vocab

What does continent mean?

• a landmass above water on earth

• a large body of salt water

• a measure of distance east or west of a line called the prime meridian

What does ocean mean?

• a measure of distance east or west of a line called the prime meridian

• a measure of distance north or south of the equator

• a landmass above water on earth

• a large body of salt water

What does latitude mean?

• a measure of distance east or west of a line called the prime meridian

• a measure of distance north or south of the equator

• a landmass above water on earth

• a large body of salt water

What does longitude mean?

• a measure of distance east or west of a line called the prime meridian

• a measure of distance north or south of the equator

• a landmass above water on earth

• a large body of salt water

What does key mean?

• a measure of distance east or west of a line called the prime meridian

• a landmass above water on earth

• a large body of salt water

• information for understanding the meaning of the symbols or pictures in a map

What does compass rose mean?

• a measure of distance east or west of a line called the prime meridian

• a large body of salt water

• information for understanding the meaning of the symbols or pictures in a map

• a figure on a map used to display the orientation of the four cardinal directions - North, East, South, and West

What is a hemisphere?

• the imaginary circle around the Earth assigned a latitude of 0 degrees

• the imaginary line running from north to south through Greenwich, England, assigned a longitude of 0 degrees

• half of the Earth, either north and south or east and west

• physical and human aspects of a location, could be climate, physical features, or the people who live there

What does location mean?

• the imaginary circle around the Earth assigned a latitude of 0 degrees

• the imaginary line running from north to south through Greenwich, England, assigned a longitude of 0 degrees

• physical and human aspects of a location, could be climate, physical features, or the people who live there

• a particular point or place, can be specific using latitude and longitude or general using a description such as “in the Northwest”

What does place mean?

• a particular point or place, can be specific using latitude and longitude or general using a description such as “in the Northwest”

• physical and human aspects of a location, could be climate, physical features, or the people who live there

• an area that has certain unifying characteristics such as climate, language, or history

• patterns of movement of people, products, and information across the Earth

What does movement mean?

• a particular point or place, can be specific using latitude and longitude or general using a description such as “in the Northwest”

• physical and human aspects of a location, could be climate, physical features, or the people who live there

• an area that has certain unifying characteristics such as climate, language, or history

• patterns of movement of people, products, and information across the Earth