SS Unit 1 Week 1 Vocab

A large city and its surrounding area

• Economic Region

• Population Region

• Metropolitan Area

• Political Region

The meteorological conditions at any given moment

A part of a map that explains what the symbols on a map stand for

______ or ______

(a)   (b)  

• Guide

• Legend
• Index

• Map key

A land feature that has been made by nature; landforms

• Economic Region

• Political Region

• Physical Features

• The Grand Canyon

Something visible that represents something else

• Weather

• Compass Rose

• Metaphor

• Symbol

An area that shares a government buildings

• The White House

• Political Region

• The State Capital

• Economic Region

What type of region is defined by the kind of work people do or products they produce

An area based upon where people live

• Population Region

• Metropolitan Area

• Political Region

• Economic Region

A circular direction marker on a map

The part of the map that compares a distance on the map

• Richter Scale

• Map Scale

• Weight Scale

• Height Scale