Geography Vocabulary

1.Absolute Location Exact Coordinates of a Location

2. Alaska The northernmost state in the United States

3.Coastal The region where Wilmington, NC is located

4. Compass Rose Tells direction (N, S, E, W) on a map

5. Desert This climate is only found in parts of California, Nevada and Arizona

6. Equator Divides the world into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

7. Globe A 3D representation of the World

8. Hemisphere Half of the World

9. Key Tells what symbols on a map stand for

10. Latitude Horizontal lines on a map

11. Longitude Vertical Lines on a map

12. Mountain The region where Asheville, NC is located

13. North Pole The northernmost point on a globe

14. Piedmont The region where Winston Salem, NC is located

15. Prime Meridian Divides the World into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

16. Relative Location Uses landmarks to describe a location

17. Robinson Map A 2D representation of the World

18. Scale A mathematical measurement for map distance

19. South Pole The Southernmost point on a map

20. Steppe This climate zone is most prevalent in the Western States

21. Subtropical North Carolina’s climate zone