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Geography Terms

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What shows the relationship/ratio between the distance on a map and the real distance on the ground?

Map Scale

15

What kind of map that shows the outlines of continents, countries, states, and cities? Physical or Political

Political

15

Halves of the globe that are determined by the Equator or Prime Meridian.

Hemispheres

20

A circle that shows the directions printed on a map.

Compass Rose

10

A specific region's typical weather patterns and conditions.

Climate

20

What are the cardinal directions

NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST

15

Number of people in a specific geographic area.

Population Density

25

What are the 7 major landmasses on earth known as?

Continents

10

What are the 5 major bodies of salt water known as?

Oceans

10

What type of map shows geographical features such as bodies of water and mountains? Phyiscal or Political

Physical

10

A line of longitude that circles the earth vertically at zero degrees (longitude).

Prime Meridian

20

What are the intermediate directions?

NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST, NORTHWEST, SOUTHWEST

15

Uses cardinal and intermediate directions to describe the location of a place on earth.

Relative Location

15

What line of latitude circles the earth horizontally at zero degrees (latitude)?

Equator

20

What is the exact location of a place on earth using latitude and longitude known as?

Absolute Location

20

Which way do longitude lines show on a map? Show me with your hands.

Up & down

10