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THE STUDY OF THE EARTH, AND EVERYTHING LIVING ON THE EARTH. THERE IS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND HUMAN, OR CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY. |
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The study of the structure of earth's surface, including landforms, weather, climate, plants, minerals and other natural resources. |
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HUMAN OR CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
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The study of how and where people live on earth, how they use natural resources, and the impact humans have on the earth. |
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A round model of the earth showing the relative sizes and shapes of the continents and the relative distances between them. |
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a flat drawing showing the whole earth, or a small part of it. |
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A part of a map that shows distance in scale. For example, one inch on a map could equal 300 miles. |
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The part of a map that describes what each symbol on the map means. |
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half of the globe. You can divide the globe into Northern and Southern hemispheres, or into Eastern and Western hemispheres. |
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| An imaginary horizontal line encircling the globe, dividing earth into the Northern and the Southern hemisphere. |
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| An imaginary vertical line at 0 degree longitude that divides the earth into the Eastern and Western hemisphere. |
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| The most northern point of earth and the most southern point of earth. |
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| Imaginary lines encircling the earth horizontally, marked by degrees, either north or south from the equator. |
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| Imaginary lines encircling the earth vertically, marked by degrees, either east or west of the Prime Meridian. |
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| Parallel of latitude approximately 23°27 north of the terrestrial Equator. It is the northern boundary of the tropics and marks the northernmost latitude at which the Sun can be seen directly overhead at noon. |
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| Parallel of latitude approximately 23°27 south of the terrestrial Equator. It is the southern boundary of the tropics and marks the southernmost latitude at which the Sun can be seen directly overhead at noon. |
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| north, south, east and west |
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| the symbol on a map that shows the cardinal directions |
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| one of the main landmasses of the globe including Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica |
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| the oceans on earth are the Indian, Pacific, Southern (Antarctic), Arctic, Atlantic |
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| the height of a landform or place above sea level |
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