Tells where a place is on

the surface of the Earth

Measures north or south of

the Equator

Measures east or west of

the Prime Meridian

The location of a point

using latitude and longitude

Where one place is located

in relation to another

Description of an area

based on physical features and human characteristics

How people have shaped and

been shaped by the places in which they live

People, goods, and ideas

going from one place to another

The way geographers divide the world by common characteristics

Rich soil carried by flooding rivers

Waterfall

Triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers

To come near or close

To make clear by an example; to provide with pictures or figures intended to explain

0 degree line of latitude; divides earth into north and south hemisphere

One of the halves of the earth as divided by the equator or by a meridian

Chain of islands

A piece of land nearly surrounded by water or jutting out into the water

The outline of a surface including its relief and the position of its natural and man-made features

This is fine windblown, yellow soil.

This would be the job of the person who made any of the maps in this unit

These were used to bring water to the crops in early civilizations.

This is a narrow water passage connecting two bodies of water

This is a dense evergreen forest in a rainy area

This is the name of a large land mass jutting out from the larger continent

This is Rolling flatlands

This is another name for a country

The average weather pattern in their area

This is what you do when you make assumptions about what would happen to people who live in areas of the world based on the physical features that exist there.

To set or keep apart from others

Something that blocks the way

A method used in hilly areas to cut ledges into

slopes to conserve water and soil for farming

Seasonal winds

Political unit made up of a city and the surrounding lands

Farming method in which forest and brush are cut down and burned to create planting fields

Grassy plain with irregular patterns of rainfall

Ground is frozen much of the year

Land that is good for farming

raised level land