Geography/Map Skills

the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments

• Atlas

• Geography

• Globe

• Compass Rose

geography dealing with natural features and processes

• Physical Geography

• western hemisphere

• eastern hemisphere

• equator

geography dealing with how human activity affects or is influenced by the earth's surface

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Human Geography

• Atlas

a book of maps

• globe

• map legend

• map scale

• atlas

a part of a map that shows cardinal directions(N, E, S, and W) and intermediate directions (NE, SE, SW, and NW)

• continent

• compass rose

• map key

• map scale

main landmass of the globe

• country

• state

• continent

• city

the half of Earth east of the Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

• Prime Meridian

main line of latitude around the middle of the earth, 0 degrees latitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• North Pole

• South Pole

Distance north or south of the equator, run east to west

• legend

• continent

• longitude

• latitude

a table on a map, chart, or the like, listing and explaining the symbols used.

• Map Scale

• Map legend

• Compass Rose

• Title