Geography Unit 1 Vocabulary

The relationship between distances on the map and on Earth

• Scale

• Scale Bar

• Map Projection

• Relief

the study of the earth and is peoples, places, and environments

• Civics

• Geography

• Spatial

• Hemisphere

a line of latitude that runs around the middle of Earth

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

the portions of Earth's surface that can be viewed at one time from a location

• Landscapes

• Environment

• Region

• Landforms

the natural surroundings of a place

• Environment

• Landscapes

• Landforms

• Region

the measurement of how much above or below sea level a place is

• Spatial

• Relief

• Climate

• Elevation

a natural feature found on land

• Landform

• Landscape

• Thematic

• Resource

the exact location of something

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

• Latitude

• Longitude

the feature on a map that tells how a measured space on the map relates to the actual distance on Earth

• Scale

• Key

• Scale Bar

• Thematic Map

each half of the earth

• Hemisphere

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Map Projections