Ch. 1 - Vocabulary

study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on Earth

• geography

• absolute location

• relative location

• latitude

• longitude

the exact place where a geographic feature is found

• geography

• absolute location

• relative location

• latitude

• longitude

a place in relation to other places around it

• geography

• absolute location

• relative location

• latitude

• longitude

imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator

• geography

• absolute location

• relative location

• latitude

• longitude

imaginary lines that go around the earth over the poles

• geography

• absolute location

• relative location

• latitude

• longitude

each half of the globe

• hemisphere

• equator

• prime meridian

• globe

• map

the imaginary line that divides the north and south halves of the earth

• hemisphere

• equator

• prime meridian

• globe

• map

imaginary line that divides the east and west halves the earth

• hemisphere

• equator

• prime meridian

• globe

• map

a three-dimensional representation of the earth

• hemisphere

• equator

• prime meridian

• globe

• map

a two-dimensional representation of the earth

• hemisphere

• equator

• prime meridian

• globe

• map