Chapter 1 The Geographer's World Test Review

the study of Earth and its people, places, and environments

• Geography

• Elevation

• Resource

• Relief

the location of one place compared to another place

• relative location

• absolute location

• prime meridian

• map projection

the lines on a map that run east to west

• latitude

• longitude

• absolute location

• map projection

a material that can be used to produce crops or other products

• resource

• relief

• hemisphere

• region

the lines on a map that run north to south

• longitude

• latitude

• resource

• elevation

the exact location of something

• absolute location

• relative location

• prime meridian

• map projection

the starting point for measuring longitude

• prime meridian

• absolute location

• equator

• geography

the difference between the elevation of one feature and the elevation of another feature near it

• relief

• equator

• resource

• latitude

each half of the earth

• hemisphere

• elevation

• equator

• prime meridian

the height or depth of a place compared to sea level

• elevation

• region

• longitude

• geography