Unit 1-Thinking Like a Geographer & Mapping Vocabulary

One of the Five Themes of Geography. This is where something on Earth is.

• Location

• Movement

• Map Key

• Political Map

This is one of the Five Themes of Geography and the human (ex, population size) and physical (ex, climate) characteristics that make a place unique. 

• Location

• Place

• Movement

• Region

These are one of the Five Themes of Human Geography and are areas with similar physical or human characteristics (ex: the Southern United States). 

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Region

• Location

This is one of the Five Themes of Human Geography and is how humans use and alter the Earth (ex: pollution) AND how the Earth affects humans and how they live (ex: natural disaster).

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

This is one of the Five Themes of Geography and how people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another. 

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Region

This is a mapping term and used to relate distance on a map to real distance on the ground.

• Map Key

• Map Scale

• Equator

• Latitude

This is a mapping term and is used to explain the symbols used on a map.

• Map Key

• Cardinal Directions

• Map Scale

• Longitude

This is a mapping term that refers to the use of symbols to present information on a map.

• Map Scale

• Situation

• Map Symbols

• Site

This is a mapping term and refers to the directional marker on a map that shows north, south, east, and west.

• Cardinal Directions

• Hemispheres

• Map Scale

• Situation

This is a mapping term and refers to the invisible line that divides the Earth between the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

• Longitude

• International Date Line

• Equator

• Cardinal Directions