TCI Lesson 1 Vocabulary

Front

an exact description of where something can be found

Back

exact location

Front

a type of brick made of lcas and straw and dried in the sun

Back

adobe

Front

the city where the government of a state or country meets

Back

capital

Front

line of latitude that circles the middle of the globe

Back

equator

Front

a place where two pieces of Earth's crust meet

Back

fault

Front

a social scientist who studies geography

Back

geographer

Front

the crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude on a map or globe

Back

global grid

Front

half the globe

Back

hemisphere

Front

lines on a globe or map that run east to west and measure distance from the equator; also called parallels

Back

latitude

Front

lines on a globe or map that run north to south and measure distance from the prime meridian; also called meridians

Back

lines of longitude