Geography BasicsMrs. Emily W. Pleasants

GeographyGeography is concerned with the distribution

of people and things and the location of places on the earth's surface, and with the relationships between people and their natural environment.

Two Broad Categories:Physical geographyHuman geography (cultural)

Cardinal Directions

LongitudeThe north and south lines running from pole

to pole on a map or globe grid.the angular distance between a point on any

meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich

Measured in degrees

International Date Line

LatitudeLatitude is only 180 degrees. Latitude lines run east and west and measure

north or south. The Equator is at 0 degrees latitude.