Unit 1 Vocabulary

What is geography?

• The study of rocks

• The study of places and how people change them

• The study of space

• Earth graph

How far above sea level a feature is

• Landforms

• Landscapes

• Elevation

• Environment

Geographers use this computer based system to create maps and analyze patterns using many layers of data.

• Spatial Thinking

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

• Geographic Patterns

• Google Maps

Geographic patterns are __________.

• Where a place is in relation to another place

• Thinking about space on the earth's surface

• Similarities among places

• Differences among places

Geographers use Global Positioning Systems to find _________.

• Absolute location

• Relative Location

• Physical features

• Human features

One half of the Earth

• Ocean

• Hemisphere

• Map Scale

A map that shows the boundaries of countries and states.

• Political Map

• Map Scale

• Physical Map

The part of a map that compares distance on the map with distance in the real world.

• Map Key

• Inset Map

• Map Scale

A map showing the features of the land such as mountains, rivers, and valleys.

• Physical Map

• Inset Map

• Political Map

An imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole. The line divides Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

• Pangea

• Equator

• Prime Meridian