World Geography vocabulary 1 2022- 2023

 refers to the pattern of weather in a region whose growth patterns are primarily affected by elevation. 

• vertical climate

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

• International Date Line

large ecosystems characterized by common climate, common vegetation, and common animal life

• region

• place

• biomes

• movement

Lines that measure distance north or south of the Equator.

• Latitude

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Longitude

The exact location of a place on

the earth described by global coordinates

• Absolute Location

• Imaginary Location

• Relative Location

• Hand Signals

Earth's largest land masses. Total of seven in the world.

• Country

• Continents

• Ocean

• Island

All of the following are examples of absolute locations EXCEPT...

• Atlanta, Georgia is at 33° North latitude, 84° West longitude

• Washington DC is at 38° North latitude, 77° W longitude

• Nashville, Tennessee is North of Georgia and South of Kentucky

• Chicago, Illinois is at 41° North latitude, 87° West longitude

People often change their environment to...

• control their climate

• meet their needs

• redefine their culture

• establish their location

a particular method that brings changes to the physical or human geography

• human geography

• processes –

• physical geography

• geographic factors

 study of the patterns and process related to the Earth’s surface

• human geography

• processes –

• physical geography

• geographic factors

Earth's largest land masses. Total of seven in the world.

• Country

• Continents

• Ocean

• Island