Unit 1 and 2 Vocabulary Review

The halves of the Earth cut by the Equator (North and Southern) and the Prime Meridian (East and Western)

• Continent

• Ocean

• Hemisphere

• Poles

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

Imaginary vertical lines that measure distance from the Prime Meridian.

• Line of Latitude

• Lines of Longitude

• Mercator Lines

• Robinson Lines

Imaginary horizontal lines that measure distance from the Equator.

• Line of Latitude

• Lines of Longitude

• Mercator Lines

• Robinson Lines

Match the following:

• Legend

• Tells us what the map is about.

• Date and Author

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• Compass

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• Scale Bar

• Tells us if the map is credible/can be trusted.

• Title

• 

Match the Themes of Geography to their definition.

• Movement

• Gives the position of a place in two forms: the exact position or its position in relation to another place.

• Regions

• Describes how a location looks using human or physical features.

• Location

• Describes how and why people, goods and ideas go from place to place.

• Human Environment Interactions

• Defines areas that share common physical or human characteristics in 3 forms: formal, functional and perceptual.

• Place

• Describes how people adapt to and modify their location to meet their needs.

These are all examples of --

• Location

• Movement

• HEI

• Region

This type of location gives the exact position on Earth using global coordinates (longitude and latitude).

• Relative Location

• Physical Features

• Absolute Location

This type of location gives a position on Earth in relation to another place.

• Relative Location

• Physical Features

• Absolute Location