GMAS Vocabulary In Review

exact spot on the earth’s surface where a place is found

• axis

• absolute location

• cardinal directions

• cartographer

imaginary straight line through the earth from pole to pole around which the earth rotates

• commute

• axis

• degrees

• coordinates.

four main direction points on a compass: north, south, east, and west

• coordinates.

• environment

• cardinal directions

• absolute location

A Mapmaker

• map maker

• geography

• cartographer

• Equator

travel back and forth in order to go to work or to school

• coordinates

• traveling

• commute

• minutes.

study of the earth’s physical features and how they relate to living things

• geographic region

• latitude

• geography

• metropolitan

area of the earth with shared physical or cultural features

• latitude

• International Date Line

• longitude

• geographic region

180° meridian halfway around the world from the Prime Meridian. It marks the starting point for counting time on earth.

• parallels

• International Date Line

• meridians

• intermediate directions

large urban area consisting of a central city and communities dependent on that city for jobs, services, shopping, and entertainment

• degrees

• metropolitan

• International Date Line

• meridians

community of people composed of one or more nationalities and possessing a more or less defined territory of government

• metropolitan

• nation

• environment