Unit 1 Vocab Quiz 2025

a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, approximately 335 to 200 million years ago

• Pangaea
• Latitiude

• Hemisphere

• Region
• Movement

Describes what a location is like

• Hemishere

• place

• Cartographer

• Movement
• Human/Environment Interaction

a person who draws or produces maps.

• Region

• Location
• Place
• Longitude

• Cartographer

Used to measure distance North or South of the Equator

• Latitude
• Location
• Place
• Longitude

• Movement

An area of the Earth with common characteristics

• Cartographer

• Latitude

• Region

• Movement
• Human/Environment Interaction

The position of anything on Earth's surface, or where something is

• Pangaea

• Place
• Longitude

• Movement
• Location

One half of the Earth. It can be North, South, East, or West

• Place

• Human/Environment Interaction

• Latitude

• Hemisphere

• Movement

How people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another

• Movement
• Location
• Place
• Region
• Human/Environment Interaction

Used to measure the distance East or West of the Prime Meridian

• Cartographer

• Location
• Latitude

• Longitude

• Movement

How people use, adapt to, and modify the environment

• Human/Environment Interaction
• Location
• Place
• Region
• Movement