Focus on

2011-2012

All of these vocabulary

words are in

an atlas.

Can you read each

word?

Can you identify each

picture?

Do you know the definition of each word?

atlas

atlasAtlas – a book of maps

boundary

boundaryboundary – where two states or countries meet. It is shown as a line on a map.

latitude

latitude lines run east and west

latitude lines lines of latitude

latitudelatitude – the horizontal lines on a globe that run east to west.

longitudelines of longitude

lines that run north and south on a globe

longitudelongitude - vertical lines on a globe that run from north to south.

capitals

Atlanta, Georgia

capitalcapital – a city where the

government of a country or state in located.

Austin, Texas

capitols

capitolCapitol – A building where

a state or national government meets to make

the law.

spheresphere– a solid shape like a

globe, with all points of the shape the same distance from the center of the shape.

hemisphereBecause the earth is round, we can only see one half of it at any one time. This half is called the hemisphere. There are always 2 hemispheres- one that you see and one that you don’t see.

hemisphereEastern Hemisphere western

hemisphere

hemisphere

hemisphere- one half of a sphere. Canada is the earth’s northern hemisphere.

community

communityCommunity – An area where people live. Places in a neighborhood are within walking distance of each other.

compass rose

compass rose•Compass Rose - A set

of arrows that point north, south, east and west.

continent

South America

North America

Africa

continent

Continent – One of the seven largest land areas.

equator

Equator

equatorEquator – Imaginary line around the middle of the earth. The equator is the same distance from the North Pole and South Pole.

model

modelmodel – a three dimensional

copy of an object or a place . A model is made at a size that is easy to study or play with.

oceanAtlantic OceanPacific

Ocean

oceanocean – one of the four large, salty bodies of water that covers most of the earth.