Flashcards: Geography Handbook Test Review
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pawneesue on September 2, 2009
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Ms. Steele's 7th grade social studies
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Location | Where something is |
| Regions | Places grouped by one or more common characteristics (plural) |
| Place | A geographic location that may describe physical or human characteristics |
| Geography | The earth's land, water, plant/animal life, its places, people and the environment |
| Equator | An imaginary line that encircles the earth like a belt |
| Hemisphere | One-half of the globe |
| Northern | Everything north of the Equator is in the_______hemisphere |
| Latitude | Locations north or south of the Equator measured by imaginary lines |
| Longitude | Locations east or west of the Prime Meridian measured by imaginary lines |
| Prime Meridian | It is located at zero degrees longitude and runs through Greenwich, England (2 terms) |
| Absolute location | The exact position of a place on the earth's surface (2 terms) |
| Globe | A round scale model of the earth |
| Map | A flat drawing of all or part of the earth's surface |
| Map key | Code that explains lines, symbols etc. on a map (2 terms) |
| Scale bar | A divided line showing map scale (2 terms) |
| Compass rose | Shows cardinal directions: N,S,E,W (2 terms) |
| Elevation | Height above sea level |
| Physical map | This map shows landforms and water features (2 terms) |
| Political map | This map shows names and boundaries of countries (2 terms) |
| Bar graph | Graph that uses bars or wide lines (2 terms) |
| Line graph | Graph that shows changes over time (2 terms) |
| Circle graph | Graph that shows the whole of something divided into parts (2 terms) |
| Pictograph | Graph in which symbols represent quantities |
| Climograph | Combination of a bar and line graph showing temperature and precipitation |
| 5 themes of geography | Human/environment interaction, location, movement, place, region (alphabetical & 4 terms) |
| 6 essential elements of geography | Environment & society, human systems, physical systems, places & regions, uses of geography, world in spatial terms or location (alphabetical & 5 terms) |