World Geography Vocabulary

The long-term pattern of weather in a particular area

• Weather

• Climate

• Temperature

A large landmass on Earth’s surface

• Ocean

• Country

• Plateau

• Continent

the process of wearing away the surface of the Earth and moving the weathered material elsewhere by wind, glaciers, wave, and moving water

• Erosion

• Agriculture

• Climate

a portion of land nearly surrounded by water

• Lake

• River

• Peninsula

• Country

Longitude line that divides Earth into two equal parts: the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Tropic

a political state or nation or its territory

• country
• ocean
• planet
• continent

An imaginary line around Earth that runs east to west, showing location relative to the Equator

• Latitude

• Tropic of Cancer
• Equator Meridian
• Longitude Line

An imaginary line running north to south from the North Pole to the South Pole that shows location relative to the prime meridian.

• Longitude
• Tropic of Cancer
• Equator

a great circle of the earth that is everywhere equally distant from the two poles and divides the earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres

• Prime Meridian
• Arctic Circle
• Tropic of Cancer
• Equator

One of two days (approximately March 20 & September 22) on which the sun is directly above the Equator, making day and night equal in length

• Spring Equinox and Autumnal Equinox
• Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice
• Vernal Equinox and Autumnal Equinox
• Spring Equinox and Fall Equinox