Geographic Handbook

A scale model of the Earth

• Globe

• Climate

• Weather

Large landmasses

• Globe

• Continents

A flat drawing that shows all of part of Earth’s surface

• Map

• Water Cycle

Latitude line that goes around center of the earth

• Equator

• Prime Meridan

• Tropic of Cancer

Longitude line that goes through Greenwich, England

• Prime Meridan

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

This theme of geography describes where something is

• Location

• Regions

• Place

• Movement

• Human- Environment Interaction

This theme of geography describes that features that make a site unique

• Place

• Location

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Regions

This theme of geography are areas that share common characteristics

• Regions

• Movement

• Location

• Place

• Human-Environment Interaction

This theme of geography looks at how and why people and things move

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Place

• Location

• Regions

This theme examines how people interact with their environments

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Regions

• Location

• Place

• Movement