AFRICA

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

2. place What is an area like when you get there

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

4. Human environment interaction What do the people do to the environment…what does the environment do to the people

5. regions What do locations have in common: religion, language, environment

6. location Tells where an area is

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

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

9. RELATIVE LOCATION THE POSITION OF A PLACE IN RELATION TO ANOTHER PLACE

10. Five themes of geography The way geographers catagorize the study of geography

11. HEMISPHERE A HALF OF THE EARTH

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

13. LATITUDE IMAGINARY LINES THAT CIRCLE THE EARTH PARALLEL TO THE EQUATOR

14. PARALLELS ANOTHER NAME FOR LATITUDE LINES

15. MERIDIANS ANOTHER NAME FOR LONGITUDE LINES

16. MAPS A WAY OF SHOWING THE ROUND EARTH ON A FLAT PIECE OF PAPER

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

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

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

20. CARTOGRAPHER A MAP MAKER

21. MAP PROJECTION A DISTORTION WHICH OCCURS WHEN YOU TRY TO MAKE A ROUND SURFACE FLAT

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

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

24. ATLAS A COLLECTION OF MAPS PUT INTO ONE BOOK

25. MAP SCALE GIVES RATIO BETWEEN DISTANCES ON THE MAP AND ACTUAL DISTANCES ON THE EARTH

26. COMPASS ROSE A DIRECTIONAL INDICATOR THAT SHOWS WHERE DIRECTIONS LIE ON THE MAP

27. CONTINENTS THE SEVEN LARGEST LAND MASSES THAT ARE FOUND ON THE EARTH

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

29. MAP KEY OR LEGEND TELLS THE USER ABOUT THE SYMBOLS USED ON THE MAP

30. OCEANS THE FOUR LARGE BODIES OF SALT WATER THAT SURROUND THE EARTH

31. GEOLOGY THE STUDY OF THE EARTH’S PHYSICAL STRUCTURE

32. CORE CENTER OF THE EARTH

33. MANTLE THICK LAYER OF ROCK AROUND THE CORE

34. CRUST THIN, ROCKY LAYER OF THE EARTH

35. PLATE TECTONICS 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

36. CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY THE THEORY THAT THE CONTINENTAL PLATES ARE MOVING APART FROM ONE ANOTHER

37. PANGEA THE NAME GIVEN TO THE SUPERCONTINENT GEOLOGISTS BELIEVED ONCE EXISTED

38. RING OF FIRE THE CIRCLE OF VOLCANOES SURROUNDING THE PACIFIC OCEAN

39. ARCHIPELAGO A LARGE GROUP OF ISLANDS

40. BAY A BODY OF WATER THAT EXTENDS INTO THE LAND

41. BEACH A ROCKY OR SANDY EDGE OF LAND ALONG A BODY OF WATER

42. BUTTE AN ISOLATED HILL WITH SLOPING SIDES AND SMALL FLAT TOP

43. CANYON A DEEP VALLEY WITH STEEP SIDES

44. CAPE A POINT OF LAND THAT JUTS OUT INTO THE WATER

45. CAVE A HOLLOW AREA IN THE EARTH WITH AN OPENING TO THE OUTSIDE

46. CHANNEL A BODY OF WATER THAT CONNECTS TWO LARGER BODIES OF WATER

47. CLIFF A HIGH STEEP FACE OF ROCK OR EARTH

48. LAKE AN INLAND BODY OF FRESH OR SALT WATER

49. ISTHMUS A NARROW STRIP OF LAND THAT CONNECTS TWO LARGER LAND AREAS

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