Geography Basics Vocab Part 1

The study of Earth is known as

• Earthology

• Cartography

• Geography

• Geology

• thinking about the space on Earth’s surface, including where places are located and why they are there

• Spatial Thinking

• Geography

• Place

• Critical Thinking

Similarities among places

• Geographic Patterns

• Geography

• Geographical features
• Human Features

• a flat drawing that shows all or part of earth's surface

• Map
• Globe
• Compass
• Atlas

A spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet

• Globe
• Map
• Atlas
• Compass

A spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet

• Globe
• Map
• Atlas
• Compass

A set of satellites that allows people to determine their location

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• Globe

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

• Map

Computer system that gathers and stores geographic information according to location

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• Globe

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

• Map

provides a way of locating places

• Movement

• Region

• Place

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

describes the physical and human characteristics of a place

• Movement

• Region

• Place

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction