GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY
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- Transportation
- Ways goods and people move from place to place thereby linking communities
- Geographic characteristics
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Things that distinguish one place from another. These are divided into two groups.(Physical Characteristics) and
(Human Characteristics) - Region
- An area that has one or more geographic characteristics in common, such as the Middle Colonies or the Piedmont Plateau.
- Environment
- The geographic characteristics that surround and affect the way people live.
- Communication
- Ways people send and receive messages thereby linking people and places.
- Population growth
- The increase in the number of people living in a place due to migration, immigration and /or births.
- Landforms
- The different shapes of the Earth's surface. Mountains,hills, plateaus,plains,valleys,peninsulas, and islands are examples of landforms.
- Bodies of Water
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All the different sizes and shapes of water naturally found on the Earth's surface.
Oceans, seas,bays,lakes,rivers,and ponds are examples of bodies of water. - Physical Characteristics
- Describe the natural environment of the place. They include physical features (landforms and bodies of water) weather and climate, soil, vegetation, and animal life.
- Human-made features
- Changes people have made to the land. These changes include buildings, bridges, tunnels, railroad tracks,dams, monuments, piers, farm fields.
- Human Characteristics
- Describe the people of the place past or present, their human-made features (Buildings, etc.), lanugages, religions, econmic activities, and political systems.
- Coordinate
- The point on a map or globle where a line of latitude and longitude cross.
- Map elements
- The parts of a map that make it usable.
- Physical features
- Landforms and bodies of water formed by nature.
- Adapt
- To change in order to fit new conditions.
- Author
- The person or company that made the map.
- Cardinal directions
- North,South,East,and West.
- Border
- The frame around the map.
- Compass Rose
- The small drawing that uses one or more arrows to show cardinal and/or intermediate directions on a map or globe.
- Date
- The year in which the map was made.
- Modify
- To change to meet the wants of people.
- Natural environment
- The physical setting of a place including the land,air,water,plants,and animals
- Settlement
- The arrangement of places where people live, including rural and urban centers.
- Technology
- Skills methods,tools, machines and other things used to perform activities. Technology changes over time and affects the way we live, work and play.
- Grid system
- The pattern of lines that help locate places on a map or globe;for example, latitude and longitude.
- Legend/key
- Explains the meaning of the symbols on the map
- Symbols
- The pictures,shapes, or colors on a map that stand for objects, places, or people.
- Relative distance
- The approximate distance of a place in relationship to other places (i.e. near and far).
- Intermediate directions
- Directions between the cardinal directions: Northeast,Southeast,Southwest,Northwest.
- Latitude/ Longitude
- Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance north and south of the equator and distance east and west of the prime meridan.
- Environment Concerns/Issues
- Interests peolpe have about the care of the natural environment.
- Scale
- The measurement on a map or globe that shows the distance between places.
- Map
- A graphic model of the earth or part of the earth that is drawn on a flat surface
- Migrate/migration/immigration
- To move from one country or region to another with the intent of staying at the place for a long period of time.
- Title
- The heading of the map that tells what the map shows.