geography vocab test

allows us to find a certain/specific place.

Location

describes a location's physical and cultural characteristics.

Place

describe how places are similar or different.

Regions

focuses on how people relate to the physical world.

Human environmental interaction

explains how people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another.

Movement

describes how a place is related to other places.

Relative Location

gives the exact location (coordinates)

Absolute Location

half of a sphere.

Hemisphere

is an imaginary line that divides the globe into Northern and Southern hemispheres.

Equator

the line that divides the globe into the Eastern and Western hemisphere.

Prime Meridian

lines that run west to east.

Latitude

lines that run north to south.

Longitude

map makers

Cartographer

Is the official divisions.

Formal Region

They serve a purpose.

Functional Region

How far something travels. (inches, miles, kilometers)

Linear Distance

How fast something travels.

Time Distance

two dimensional of an earth's surface.

Maps

is a 3 dimensional model of Earth.

Globes

A map that has different topics

Thematic Maps

map that shows land.

Physical Maps

show state, national boundaries, capitals, and major cities.

Political Maps

map that shows movement.

Flowline Maps