| Term | Definition |
| geography | The study of Earth and how people live and work on Earth. |
| map key | A chart that explains what symbols on a map mean. |
| border lines | The lines on a political map that show where a nation or state begins and ends. |
| Physical map | map that shows landforms |
| Resource map | a map that mainly shows products and resources |
| equator | The imaginary line on a globe or map that divides the Earth into the Nothern and Southern hemispheres. |
| oceans | Large body of salt water: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Southern Ocean |
| map scale | Used to determine distances on a map |
| Intermediate directions | northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest |
| The 7 Continents | North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia |
| grid map | Helps locate places on a map |
| globe | 3D model of the Earth |