Chap One vocab

Geography

• The position of a place in relation to another place

• Study of the earth

• The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) and intermediate (NE,SE,NW,SW) directions.

Relative Location

• The exact coordinates of a place or object
• The position of a place in relation to another place

• The history of a place or object in relation to another location
• 0 degrees latitude, divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Equator

• Arctic Circle
• 0 degrees latitude, divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

• 0 degrees longitude and runs through Greenwich, England

Region

• Country
• The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• Continent
• an area defined by one or more natural or cultural characteristics that set it apart from other areas

Answer explanation

Remember we talked about how Pittsburg and Fort Scott are in the same region (South East, KS)

Climate

• The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) and intermediate (NE,SE,NW,SW) directions.

  
  

• pertaining to space on the Earth's surface; sometimes used as a synonym for geographic.

Compass Rose

• A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) and intermediate (NE,SE,NW,SW) directions.

• pertaining to space on the Earth's surface; sometimes used as a synonym for geographic.

• Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates

Spatial

• pertaining to space on the Earth's surface; sometimes used as a synonym for geographic.

• Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates

• Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees

Absolute Location

• pertaining to space on the Earth's surface; sometimes used as a synonym for geographic.

• Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates

• Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees

  
  

Longitude

• A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) and intermediate (NE,SE,NW,SW) directions.

• Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates

• Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees

Answer explanation

Remember, long jump!

Environment

• any necessity of life, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space

• the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

• a large area with a particular kind of scenery, such as a desert landscape