Geography Vocabulary

What is the definition of capital?

• A city that serves as the seat of a state or nation's government

• A nation with its own government that occupies a particular territory

• One of the great divisions of land on the earth

• A natural feature of the earth's surface

What are the cardinal directions?

• North, South, East, and West

• Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest

What is a compass rose?

• A circle showing the directions printed on a map or chart

• Statistics that describe populations and their characteristics

• An insert on a map that explains the symbols used and provides a scale

• A symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place

What is a continent?

• One of the great divisions of land on the earth

• A nation with its own government that occupies a particular territory

• A community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment

• A natural feature of the earth's surface

What is a country?

• A nation with its own government that occupies a particular territory

• One of the great divisions of land on the earth

• A spherical model of Earth

• The natural features on the earth's surface

What is the definition of demographic?

• Statistics that describe populations and their characteristics

• The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a group of people

• The study of places and the relationships between people and their environments

• The movement of people from one place to another

What is the definition of culture?

• The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a group of people

• A community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment

• The study of places and the relationships between people and their environments

• The natural features on the earth's surface

What is an ecosystem?

• A community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment

• A spherical model of Earth

• A natural feature of the earth's surface

• Materials from the earth that are used to suport life and meet people's needs

What is geography?

• The study of places and the relationships between people and their environments

• A natural feature of the earth's surface

• One of the great divisions of land on the earth

• The movement of people from one place to another

What is a globe?

• A spherical model of earth

• A symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place

• Materials from the earth that are used to support life and meet people's needs

• The natural features on the earth's surface