Geography Vocab Review

Places with Similar Characteristics

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

• Region

Explains how people, ideas & animals move from one place to another.

• Place

• Location

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

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The Great Wall is located near Beijing in northern China. 

Is this an example of Absolute or Relative location?

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

This kind of map shows geographical features such as elevation, names of rivers, and mountain ranges

• Political Map

• Physical Map

• Special Purpose Map

North, South, East, West

• Cardinal direction

• Compass rose

• Intermediate Direction

This element of a map shows how a unit of distance on the map relates to actual distance on the surface of the Earth.

• Map Orientation

• Map Scale

• Map Legend

• Map Title

The study of places, locations and physical features of Earth is called

• the universe and its features

• the continent and its features

• Geography

• the state and its features

Answer explanation

Shows the features people have created, like cities, states and countries.

• Physical Map

• Political Map

• Thematic Map

Telling a location using latitude and longitude coordinates.

• Relative location

• Place

• Absolute location

• Space

Explains location by using other areas as reference points.

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Place

• Space