Vocabulary Flashcards
Is the half of the earth that is north of the equator
Northern Hemisphere
Is the half of the earth that is south of the equator
Southern Hemisphere
Imaginary Line Around the Earth dividing the Northern and Southern Hemisphere
Equator
Is the line of longitude in the geographic coordinates system at which longitude is defined to be 0 degrees
Prime Meridian
Half of the earth that is east of the prime meridian
Eastern Hemisphere
Half of the earth that is west of the prime meridian
Western Hemisphere
Using coordinates such as latitude and longitude to find a fixed point on the earth
Absolute Location
Special Line of latitude in the northern hemisphere that separates the tropical climate from the temperate climate
Tropic of Cancer
Special Line of latitude in the southern hemisphere that separates the tropical climate from the temperate climate
Tropic of Capricorn
A pattern or straight lines that form squares on a map which is used to find a particular place
Grid System
Lines that are equal distance apart that never meet or intersect
Parallel lines
A half of the earth usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.
Hemisphere
A spherical map of the earth or an object that is shaped like a large ball with the map of the world on it
Globe
Thing that comes from the time that you were studying
Primary Source
Things written or said that have researched historical events
Secondary Source
Textbooks(Primary or Secondary Source)
Secondary Source
Photographs(Primary or Secondary Source)
Primary Source
Clothing, tools, weapons from a time period
Primary or Secondary Source
Primary Source
Books or art about an event after it happened
Primary or Secondary Source
Secondary Source
Magazines/Internet Articles by someone who researched a historical topic
(Primary or Secondary Source)
Secondary Source
Eyewitness Accounts
Primary or Secondary Source
Primary Source
Letters, diaries, and journals
Primary or Secondary Source
Primary Source
Public Speeches(Primary or Secondary Source)
Primary Source
Study of earth’s physical features and how those physical features affect everything around them
Geography
to explain the meaning of something
interpret
parallel lines that run east to west and measure distance north to south from the equator
latitude
parallel lines that run north and south and measure distance west to east from the prime meridian
longitude
map makers
cartographers
