Geography Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Geography

• the study of Earth and its people

• the natural surroundings of a place

thematic map

• map that shows specialized information

• describes where a place is compared to another place

spatial

• describes where a place is compared to another place

• refers to the Earth's features in terms of their location, their shapes and their relationship to one another

the difference between the elevation of one feature and the elevation of another feature

• relief

• landscape

the starting point for measuring longitude

• Prime Meridian

• absolute location

the natural surroundings of a place

• environment

• climate

imaginary lines that run East - West but measure distance on Earth in a North - South direction

• latitude

• longitude

a portion of Earth's surface that can be view at one time and from one location

• absolute location

• landscape

describes where a place is compared to another place

• absolute location

• relative location

each half of Earth, divided by Equator or Prime Meridian

• hemisphere

• latitude