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1.BasicGeoterms
Terms Unit 1
Question | Answer |
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A book of maps | Atlas |
Height above sea level | elevation |
How far and in what direction one place is to another. | relative location |
The main line of latitude | equator |
A graphic way of presenting info ina organized way. | charts |
The study of the earth and everthing on it | geography |
latitute line 66 1/2 degrees north | Artic Circle |
longitude line 66 1/2 degrees south | Antiartic Circle |
Meridians that run north/south on a map or globe | longitude |
shows specific info like climate or population | thematic map |
measured the distance on a map | scale bar |
A half of the Earth | hemisphere |
A map that shows people-made boundaries | political map |
A map that shows an Earth elevation | physical map |
Parallel lines that run west and east | latitude |
Climate or weather patterens in a spefic climate | Climograph |
Makes comparisson-using symbols/pics | Pictograph |
A map guide to the sybols on a map. | Map Key |
Average weather patteren of an area. | Climate |
A ball-shaped map of the earth | globe |
relationship between the distance in real life and the distance on a map | map scale |
pie shaped graph shows whole divided | circle graph |
latitude/longitude lines cross each other | grid system |
Average number of people per square mile | populations density |
A graph that compares information | bar graph |
the exact position of a place on earth | absolute location |
small symbol that shows direction on a map. | compass rose |
North, South, East, and West | cardinal directions |