Intro to World Geography

The study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth.

• Hemisphere

• Lansat

• Geography

• Map Projection

The exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found.

• Relative Location

• Latitude

• Equator

• Aboslute Location

Describes a place in comparison to other places around it.

• Relative Location

• Hemisphere

• Absolute Location

• Movement

The earth is divided in halves known as these. They can be north, south, east, and west.

• Equator

• Hemispheres

• Longitude

• Location

The imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

• longitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Latitude

The imaginary line that divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres.

• prime meridian

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

These imaginary lines run east and west and run parallel to the equator.

• eqautor

• latitude

• longitude

• prime meridian

These imaginary lines run north and south and run parallel to the prime meridian.

• longitude

• latitude

• equator

• prime meridian

Three dimensional representation of the earth.

• Map

• Map Projection

• Topographic Map

• Globe

Two-dimensional graphic representations of selected parts of the earth.

• Lansat

• Globe

• Map

• Hemisphere