Geography Skills Vocabulary Flashcards*These will be used throughout the year.*

political map shows information such as state or national borders

and shows capital cities and major cities of states or

countriestitle

tells you what the map shows

legend/ keya table or list that

explains the symbols on the map

symbola marking or color

that stands for something else

scaleshows distance so

you can see how far apart locations are

compass

rose

shows you the cardinal directions

of north, south, east, and west

cardinal directions one of the four main

directions on a compass; north, south, east, and

west

intermediate directions

the directions halfway between

cardinal directions; northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest

globe a model of the Earth, so it is in the

shape of a sphere

equator an imaginary line that extends around

the center of the Earth

latitudemeasures distances north and south of

the equator

longitudemeasures distances east and west of the

prime meridian

prime The line of longitude marked

meridianas 0

hemispherehalf of the Earth

absolute location tells the exact

location of a place on earth by using

longitude and latitude

relative locationdescribes where a place is in relation to another place

physical geography

natural features of a place

physical mapshows the

landforms and bodies of water found in a place

elevationthe height of land above sea level

human geography explains how people

affect Earth’s surface

population map

shows wherepeople live