Unit 1: Intro to Geography Vocabulary Quiz

Study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth

• Geography
• Cardinal Directions
• Intermediate Directions
• Latitude
• Scale

North, East, South, West

• Cardinal Directions
• Geography
• Intermediate Directions
• Latitude
• Scale

Average weather of a place

• Climate
• Cardinal Directions
• Latitude
• Scale
• Distortion

Between the cardinal directions, example: Northwest

• Intermediate Directions
• Cardinal Directions
• Geography
• Latitude
• Distortion

Position measured in degrees north or south of the equator

• Latitude
• Geography
• Intermediate Directions
• Scale
• Distortion

Condition of the air and sky at a certain time and place.

• Weather
• Intermediate Directions
• Latitude
• Scale
• Distortion

Ways to show Earth on a flat surface

• Projections
• Cardinal Directions
• Intermediate Directions
• Latitude
• Distortion

Position in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian

• Longitude
• Cardinal Directions
• Geography
• Intermediate Directions
• Projections

Area given space on the map or globe corresponds to in the real world.

• Scale
• Cardinal Directions
• Latitude
• Longitude
• Distortion

Loss of accuracy in the size or position

• Distortion
• Cardinal Directions
• Intermediate Directions
• Longitude
• Projections