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Basic Geo Terms 1
Unit 1 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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a book of maps | atlas |
height above sea level | elivation |
study of earth and everything on it ( land and people) | Geography |
makes comparisson- uses symbold/pics | pictograph |
latitude/longitude lines cross each other | grid system |
North, South, East, West | Cardinal Directions |
What are ordinal directions? | NE, NW, SE, SW |
a ball-shaped map of the Earth | globe |
Latitude | West and East |
longitude | North and South |
Relationship between the distance in real life and and the distance on a map | Map scale |
the main line of latitude | equator |
the main line of longitude | prime meridian |
average numnber of people per square mile | population density |
a map showing what an area's land is used for | land use map |
how far and and in what direction one plane is to another | relative location |
a small symbol that shows direction on a map | compass rose |
Pie-shaped graph that shows 'whole' divided | circle graph |
A half of the earth | hemisphere |
the exact position of a place on earth | absolute location |
a amp that shows an area's elevation | physical map |
climate or weather patterns in a specific place | climograph |
a prahpic way of presenting info in a organized way | chart |
average weather pattern of an area | climate |
a map showing people made boundries | political map |
a graph that compairs information | bar graph |