1. Geography and Culture Vocabulary
What is geography?
What are some things people study when they learn about geography?
What is a person called who studies geography?

2. Vocabulary
Geography - the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create
Globe – a scale model of the Earth. Useful for showing the entire Earth or studying large areas of Earth’s surface
Map – flat diagram of all or part of Earth’s surface

3. Vocabulary
Latitude – east-west lines in the grid (often called parallels)
Longitude – north-south lines in the grid (often called meridians)
Cartography – the science of making maps

4. Vocabulary
Equator – imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South Poles at the 0 degree latitude line (equator runs E and W)
Prime Meridian – an imaginary line that runs through Greenwich, England at the 0 degree longitude line – divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres (Prime Meridian runs N and S)

5. Vocabulary
Culture – set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group of people have in common