Geography Flashcards
What is geography?
The study of Earth and it’s people.
What is a continent?
The largest landforms on Earth
What are oceans?
The largest bodies of water on Earth.
What is a map?
A drawing of a real place.
What is a globe?
A round model of the Earth.
What is a compass rose?
A symbol that shows the directions on a map.
What are the cardinal directions?
North south east and west
What are the intermediate directions?
Northeast,northwest, southeast, southwest
What is the map key?
The part of a map that tells you what the symbol stands for
What is a symbol?
A picture on a map that stands for something real
What is a border?
A line on a map showing the edge of a city, state or country
What is a title?
The name of a map
What are latitude lines?
The imaginary lines that go from east to west
What are longitude lines?
The imaginary lines that run North to South around the Earth. All longitude lines meet at the North and South Pole
What is the equator?
The latitude line that goes around the middle of the Earth