Basic Geography Skills

The study of people, their environments, and their resources

• Geography

• History

• Culture

• Natural Resources

Material humans can take from the environment to survive and satisfy their needs.

• Secondary Source

• Map Projection

• Natural Resources

• History

Imaginary lines that run north to south.

• Latitude Lines

• Longitude lines

• Map Projection

• Equator

The drawing of a map on a flat surface.

• globe

• Culture

• Map Projection

• Primary Source

Imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and is at 0° latitude.

• Latitude Lines

• Longitude lines

• Equator

• globe

An account of what happened in the past.

• Secondary Source

• History

• Equator

• Geography

An account of an event provided after the fact by people who did not directly witness or participate in the event.

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

• Geography

• Culture

The entire way of life that people have developed.

• Map Projection

• History

• Map

• Culture

Drawing of the earth surface

• Globe

• Natural Resources

• Map

• Equator

Firsthand information about people or events.

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

• Map Projection

• Globe