Day 2 Themes of Geography Vocabulary

Question 1

Imaginary east-west circles parallel to the Equator

Answer 1

LATITUDE

Question 2

The unit of measure to determine absolute location on a map or globe

Answer 2

DEGREE

Question 3

The study of the earth and everything on it

Answer 3

GEOGRAPHY

Question 4

Maps all areas such that they have the correct sizes relative to each other

Answer 4

PETERS PROJECTION

Question 5

Imaginary north-south circles parallel to the Prime Meridian

Answer 5

LONGITUDE

Question 6

Halfway between the North and South poles, circles the globe horizontally at 0 degrees

Answer 6

EQUATOR

Question 7

Imaginary line that divides the globe into Eastern and Western Hemispheres

Answer 7

PRIME MERIDIAN

Question 8

A person who studies the Earth

Answer 8

GEOGRAPHER

Question 9

A round model of the Earth that shows the continents and oceans in their true shapes

Answer 9

GLOBE

Question 10

A geographer who created a flat map in 1569 to help sailors navigate long journeys around the globe.

Answer 10

MERCATOR

Question 11

A misrepresentation of the true shape or a change in the accuracy of a shape

Answer 11

DISTORTION

Question 12

The size of an area on a map as compared with the area’s actual size

Answer 12

SCALE

Question 13

A map feature that shows four cardinal directions

Answer 13

COMPASS ROSE

Question 14

A representation of the Earth’s rounded surface on a flat piece of paper

Answer 14

PROJECTION

Question 15

The section of the map that explains symbols for map features

Answer 15

KEY

Question 16

One of the four compass points: north, south, east, and west

Answer 16

CARDINAL DIRECTION

Question 17

Explains where a place is by describing places near it.

Answer 17

RELATIVE LOCATION

Question 18

Describes the place’s exact position on the Earth.

Answer 18

ABSOLUTE LOCATION

Question 19

Geographers study how people affect or shape physical characteristics of their natural surroundings and how their environment affects them

Answer 19

HUMAN - ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

Question 20

Geographers study the physical and human features of a location.

Answer 20

PLACE

Question 21

A region has a unifying characteristic, like climate, land, population, or history.

Answer 21

REGIONS

Question 22

Helps explain how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another.

Answer 22

MOVEMENT

Question 23

Bridges, roads, buildings, culture, languages, beliefs.

Answer 23

HUMAN

CHARACTERISTICS

Question 24

Landforms, bodies of water, and ecosystems

Answer 24

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS