2. DIRECTION l CARDINAL DIRECTIONS: l NORTH l SOUTH l EAST l WEST

3. INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS l THOSE DIRECTIONS THAT FALL BETWEEN THE CARDINAL DIRECTIONS l NORTHWEST l SOUTHWEST l NORTHEAST l SOUTHEAST

4. FIND ANY PLACE ON THE EARTH l IF YOU KNOW THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

5. LATITUDE l IMAGINARY LINES ON THE GLOBE THAT RUN PARALLELTO THE EQUATOR l MEASURED IN DEGREES l NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR l 90 DEGREES N =THE NORTH POLE l 0 DEGREES LAT. = THE EQUATOR l 231/2 DEGREES SOUTH = TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

6. LONGITUDE l ALSO KNOWN AS MERIDIANS l RUN EAST AND WEST OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN FROM POLE TO POLE l MEASURED IN DEGREES l 0 DEGREES LONG. = THE PRIME MERIDIAN l 72 DEGREES EAST l 90 DEGREES WEST

7. NATURAL FEATURES l INFLUENCE WHAT PEOPLE DO, WHERE THEY LIVE AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT l CLIMATE l LANDFORMS l WATER l NATURAL RESOURCES

8. CLIMATE l WEATHER OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME l LENGTH OF GROWING SEASON: HISTORICALLY THE MOST CRITICAL ASPECT OF NATURAL FEATURES

9. LANDFORMS: RELIEF AND ELEVATION l MOUNTAINS l HILLS l PLAINS l PLATEAUS

10. BODIES OF WATER l OCEANS, LAKES AND RIVERS l MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION l SOURCE OF FOOD, WATER AND POWER

11. NATURAL RESOURCES l WATER, FORESTS ANIMALS l MINERALS: COAL, GOLD IRON, OIL

12. FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY l HUMAN INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT l PLACE l MOVEMENT l REGIONS l LOCATION