world geography flash cards

climate

Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

globe

equator

landform

absolute location

exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates

continent

prime meridian

projection

geography

latitude

distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees

longitude

political map

physical map

map

a flat diagram of all or part of the Earth's surface

scale

legend

compass rose

symbols

labels

location

place

region

movement