TCI 4th grade Unit 1 Vocabulary

a land area with physical features and climate that set it apart from other areas

• natural region

• relative location

• absolute location

• geographer

the location of a place in relation to other places

• natural region

• relative location

• absolute location

• geographer

an exact description of where something can be found

• natural region

• relative location

• absolute location

• geographer

line of longitude at 0 degrees

• prime meridian

• relative location

• absolute location

• geographer

a social scientist who studies geography

• natural region

• relative location

• absolute location

• geographer

the measure of how many people live in a given area, such as a square mile

• natural region

• relative location

• absolute location

• population density

half of the globe

• natural region

• hemisphere

• absolute location

• geographer

the crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude on a map or globe

• natural region

• relative location

• absolute location

• global grid

a diagram that shows the relationship between distances on a map and real distances on Earth

• scale

• capital

• map key

• lines of latitude

an explanation of what symbols and colors on a map stand for

• scale

• capital

• map key

• lines of latitude