AFRICA ANTARCTICA ASIA OCEANIA EUROPE N AMERICA S AMERICA ARCTIC ATLANTIC INDIAN PACIFIC SOUTHERN

What is an area like when you get there

The concept that people and ideas get around and influence a particular area because of it

What do the people do to the environment…what does the environment do to the people

What do locations have in common: religion, language, environment

Tells where an area is

THE STUDY OF WHERE PEOPLE, PLACES, ANIMALS, PLANTS AND THINGS ARE FOUND ON EARTH

THE EXACT POSITION ON THE EARTH N WHICH A PLACE CAN BE FOUND (AN ADDRESS)

THE POSITION OF A PLACE IN RELATION TO ANOTHER PLACE

The way geographers catagorize the study of geography

A HALF OF THE EARTH

AN IMAGINARY LINE THAT CIRCLES THE GLOBE AT ITS WIDEST POINT, SEPARATING THE WORLD INTO NORTH AND SOUTH HEMISPHERES

IMAGINARY LINES THAT CIRCLE THE EARTH PARALLEL TO THE EQUATOR

ANOTHER NAME FOR LATITUDE LINES

ANOTHER NAME FOR LONGITUDE LINES

A WAY OF SHOWING THE ROUND EARTH ON A FLAT PIECE OF PAPER

AN IMAGINARY LINE OF LONGITUDE THAT RUNS FROM THE NORTH POLE TO THE SOUTH OPOLE, DIVIDING THE WORLD INTO EAST AND WEST HEMISPHERES

IMAGINARY LINES THAT RUN NORTH AND SOUTH FROM ONE POLE TO ANOTHER. DIVIDES THE WORLD INTO EAST AND WEST SECTIONS

LINES THAT RUNS NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST; TAKEN TOGETHER, THEY HELP PIN-POINT LOCATION

A MAP MAKER

A DISTORTION WHICH OCCURS WHEN YOU TRY TO MAKE A ROUND SURFACE FLAT

MAPS WHICH SHOW PHYSICAL FEATURES SUCH AS MOUNTAINS, RIVERS AND LAKES

MAPS THAT SHOW POLITICAL FEATURES SUCH AS STATE AND NATIONAL BOUNDARIES AND CAPITAL CITIES

A COLLECTION OF MAPS PUT INTO ONE BOOK

GIVES RATIO BETWEEN DISTANCES ON THE MAP AND ACTUAL DISTANCES ON THE EARTH

A DIRECTIONAL INDICATOR THAT SHOWS WHERE DIRECTIONS LIE ON THE MAP

THE SEVEN LARGEST LAND MASSES THAT ARE FOUND ON THE EARTH

THE TYPE OF MEASUREMENT USED TO HELP PIN-POINT LOCATION ON MAPS AND GLOBES

TELLS THE USER ABOUT THE SYMBOLS USED ON THE MAP

THE FOUR LARGE BODIES OF SALT WATER THAT SURROUND THE EARTH

THE STUDY OF THE EARTH’S PHYSICAL STRUCTURE

CENTER OF THE EARTH

THICK LAYER OF ROCK AROUND THE CORE

THIN, ROCKY LAYER OF THE EARTH

THE IDEA THAT THE EARTH’S OUTER LAYER IS NOT ONE SOLID PIECE OF ROCK, BUT IT IS BROKEN INTO A NUMBER OF MOVING PLATES

THE THEORY THAT THE CONTINENTAL PLATES ARE MOVING APART FROM ONE ANOTHER

THE NAME GIVEN TO THE SUPERCONTINENT GEOLOGISTS BELIEVED ONCE EXISTED

THE CIRCLE OF VOLCANOES SURROUNDING THE PACIFIC OCEAN

A LARGE GROUP OF ISLANDS

A BODY OF WATER THAT EXTENDS INTO THE LAND

A ROCKY OR SANDY EDGE OF LAND ALONG A BODY OF WATER

AN ISOLATED HILL WITH SLOPING SIDES AND SMALL FLAT TOP

A DEEP VALLEY WITH STEEP SIDES

A POINT OF LAND THAT JUTS OUT INTO THE WATER

A HOLLOW AREA IN THE EARTH WITH AN OPENING TO THE OUTSIDE

A BODY OF WATER THAT CONNECTS TWO LARGER BODIES OF WATER

A HIGH STEEP FACE OF ROCK OR EARTH

AN INLAND BODY OF FRESH OR SALT WATER

A NARROW STRIP OF LAND THAT CONNECTS TWO LARGER LAND AREAS

AN AREA OF THICK, TANGLED PLANTS USUALLY FOUND NEAR A RIVER OR SWAMP

A SHALLOW BODY OF WATER THAT IS PARTLY CUT OFF FROM THE SEA

A low wet area with grasses, rushes and cat tails.

A RAISED AREA WITH STEEP SIDES AND A LARGE, FLAT TOP

AN AREA OF LAND THAT IS NEARLY SURROUNDED BY WATER

A LARGE, LOW AREA OF FLAT OR ROLLING LAND WITH FEW TREES

A A HIGH AREA OF LAND THAT IS HIGHER THAN THE LAND AROUND IT

A FLAT AREA OF LAND THAT IS HIGHER THAN THE LAND AROUND IT

A REGION OF FLAT OR HILLY LAND COVERED BY TALL GRASSES

A FAN SHAPED DEPOSIT OF SAND AND MUD AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER

A LONG BODY OF WATER THAT FLOWS OVER LAND

A STREAM OR RIVER THAT FLOWS INTO A LARGER STREAM OR RIVER

A long, narrow inlet of sea between cliffs and slopes

A spring that spouts hot water and steam from time to time

A large mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or through a valley

A hill of sand formed by blowing wind

A large body of salt water that is partly enclosed by land

A raised part of the earth’s surface that is lower than a mountain

A huge block of floating ice that has broken off a glacier

A piece of land that is surrounded by water

A body of salt water that connects two large bodies of water

A narrow body of water that connects two large bodies of water

An area of low land between mountains or hills

Permanently frozen soil

Evergreen forest regions found in northern Europe, Asia and North America

An area that is always cold and where only specialized plants can grow

Forests where trees usually lose their leaves in the winter with very rich wildlife

Forests found along the equator where many plants and animals are found. Warm weather with lots of rain fall all year round

Also called praires, steppes, savannas, pampas, llanos and campo. Found in areas with hot summers and cold winters

Areas that receive less than 10 inches of precipitation a year. May have extreme temperatures of hot and cold

All forms of water that fall to the earth

A hole in the earth’s crust through which lava, gasses and ash are released

A stream of water that falls from a high place

Wasteland that has been carved into unusual shapes by wind and water

The natural surrounding of an area; climate, sunlight, temperature, precipitation, elevation, soil and landforms

The condition of the earth’s atmosphere over a short period of time

Weather patterns over a long period of time.

Movement of the earth on its axis. Creates day and night

One complete orbit around the sun. Creates a year