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10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25pt 5 pt 10pt 15 pt 20pt 25 pt 5pt 10pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20pt 25 pt 5 pt Key Terms Weather and Climate Latin America Economy and Resources Potpourri A Little This & A Little That!
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The study of Earth’s Physical Features
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What is Geography?
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An important tool used to study geography
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What is a map?
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Map reading is an important skill, and it has its own use of words or ?
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What is vocabulary?
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They are known as Cardinal Directions
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What are North West East South?
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Found on a map, it shows the Cardinal Directions
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What is a Compass Rose?
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Horizontal lines on a map
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Lines of Latitude What is Latitude?
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Parallel lines on a map
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What are lines of Latitude?
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This line of Latitude is the midway point between the northern and southern hemispheres
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What is The Equator?
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Long, vertical lines on a map
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What are Lines of Longitude?
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Each line of Longitude is known as this
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What is Meridian?
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This line of Longitude is found at zero degrees
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The Western Hemisphere What is the Prime Meridian?
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The purpose of using lines of Longitude and Latitude on a map
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What is to find exact locations? (of towns, cities, countries, states, oceans, lakes, mountains, you, get, the, picture)
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Used to measure Latitude and Longitude
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What are Degrees? Latin America is shown above, shaded in green.
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Word which means half of the Earth
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What is Hemisphere?
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Franklin Township’s Hemisphere
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What is the Western Hemisphere?
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This is the starting line of longitude
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What is the Prime Meridian or 0 degrees? Prime Meridian
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North and South America are part of this hemisphere
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What is the Western Hemisphere ? We live here ->
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Countries of Central America, Mexico, Canada and the United States make up this contintent
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What is North America?
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These Islands are part of North American continent and the region of Latin America
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What are the Caribbean Islands?
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Central America and Mexico are part of North America and this famous region
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What is Latin America?
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The degree of Longitude which goes through the center of North America
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What is 100 degrees West Longitude?
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The degree of Latitude which goes through the center of South America
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What is 20 degrees south Latitude?
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Ocean found north of Asia
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What is the Arctic Ocean? Double it! What ocean is South of Asia? Double that! What ocean is East of Asia?
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Continent where 20 degrees north Latitude and 20 degrees east Longitude meet.
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What is Africa? Double it! Continent where 20 degrees south Latitude and 60 degrees west Longitude meet.
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Continent where 80 degrees south Latitude and 80 degrees east Longitude meet.
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What is Antarctica? Double it! What are the hemispheres which make up Antarctica? Double it! Africa and South America are directly ________ of Antarctica.
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