1. World Geography Vocabulary
3rd Period

2. Location Absolute Location: Exact position of a place on earth.
Relative Location: location of other places.
Location

3. Place: Where something is located on earth.

4. Movement: How people go from one place to another.

5. Region: A specific area located on a map.
Formal- A region that has common characteristics.
Functional- A central place and area linked to it.
Perceptual- A region defined by popular feelings and
images.
Region

6. Human-Environment Interaction
Human-Environment Interaction: How people change
or adapt to the environment around them.
Human-Environment Interaction

7. Reference Map: shows specific features of the earth.
Physical- Shows natural features of the earth.
Political- Shows man made features of the earth
Physical Map- natural
Political Map- man made

8. Thematic Map: A map that tells about a single idea or specific
kind of information about an area.
Thematic Map

9. Map Projection: A flat representation of all or part of the 3-D
Earth.
Planar Projection: A map of Earth on a geometric plane.
Cylindrical Projection: A map of Earth on a cylinder.
Conic Projection: A map of Earth on a cone placed over part of an Earth model.
Conic Projection
Map Projection- flat
Planar Projection- geometric
Cylindrical Projection- cylinder

10. Mercator Map: cylindrical projection- true direction in it.
Robinson Map: common type of conic map.
Robinson Map
Mercator Map

11. Globe: A model of the Earth that represents accurate area, distance, and direction.

12. Geographic Information System (GIS): computer programs that process and organize details about places on Earth and integrate those details with satellite images.
Global Positioning System (GPS): a navigational system that can tell you the absolute location by using satellites and receivers on Earth.
Global Positioning System- GPS
Geographic Information System- GIS

13. Geographic Grid: formed by the crossing of latitude and longitude lines.
Latitude- lines that circle the earth parallel to the Equator. (North / South)
Longitude- lines that measure distance (West and East) of the Prime Meridian.