Geography Vocabulary Review

A FLAT REPRESENTATION OF AN AREA

• continent

• map

• globe

One of earth’s 7 large land masses.

• ocean

• continent

• equator

A spherical representation of the earth.

• map

• continent

• globe

The 5 largest bodies of water on earth.

• ocean

• continent

• latitude

Lines that measure East or West of the Prime Meridian

• longitude

• latitude

• hemisphere

parallel lines that measure distance North or South of the Equator.

• longitutde

• latitude

• relative location

imaginary line that divides the northern and southern hemispheres..

• equator

• latitude

• absolute location

Half of a sphere or half of the earth.

• equator

• hemisphere

• absolute location

The exact location of a place on the earth.

• equator

• absolute location

• culture

The location of a place in relation to the things around it.

• relative location

• culture

• equator