G6: Geography Handbook

Front 1

1. location
2. place
3. human/environment interaction
4. movement
5. regions

Back 1

Five Themes of Geography

Front 2

1. The World in Spatial Terms
2. Places and Regions
3. Physical Systems
4. Human Systems
5. Environment and Society
6. The Uses of Geography

Back 2

Six Essential Elements of Geography

Front 3

places that are united by one or more common characteristics.

Back 3

regions

Front 4

items such as hurricanes, volcanoes, and glaciers that shape the earth's surface

Back 4

physical systems

Front 5

ways that people shape our world-such as, creation of boundary lines or people settlement in an area

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human systems

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the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity.

Back 6

environment

Front 7

0 degrees latitude-divides the earth into North and South Hemispheres

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Equator

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0 degrees longitude-divides the earth into East and West Hemispheres

Back 8

Prime Meridian

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one of many lines on the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole; used to measure degrees of longitude

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meridian

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one of many lines on the global grid that circle the earth north or south of the Equator; used to measure degrees of latitude

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parallel

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distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees

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longitude

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distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees

Back 12

latitude

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where one line of latitude crosses one lone of longitude

Back 13

absolute location

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symbol on a map that orients the information on the map to the directions (north, south, east, and west)

Back 14

compass rose

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north, south, east, and west

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cardinal directions

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northeast, northwest,southeast, and southwest

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intermediate directions

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A map element used to graphically represent the scale of a map. Typically a line marked like a ruler in units proportional to the map's scale.

Back 17

scale bar

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A map element used to explain the lines, symbols, and colors used on a map.

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map key

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a general purpose map that shows landforms and water features.

Back 19

physical map

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a general purpose map that shows the boundaries of countries, the location of cities and other human-made features. Also identifies major physical features

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political map

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type of political map: shows elevation

Back 21

contour map

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tool used for showing changes over a period of time. Titles of data are placed on the vertical and horizontal axes.

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Line graph

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tool used to compare data visually. Titles of data are placed on the vertical and horizontal axes.

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bar graph

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tool used to visual display how the WHOLE of something is divided into its PARTS

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circle graph

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tool used to present facts and numbers in an organized way, using rows and columns.

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chart

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tool used to make comparisons of data using rows of small pictures or symbols,with each picture or symbol representing an amount.

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pictograph

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a tool used to display weather patterns in a specific place. It combines a line graph and a bar graph.

Back 27

climograph

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a tool that uses drawings that show steps in a process, point out the parts of an object, or explain how something works

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diagram

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An imaginary line that is 180 degrees longitude, the regions to the east are counted as one day earlier on their calendar dates than the regions to the west.

Back 29

International Date Line

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mapmaker that use mathematical formulas to change information from round globes to flat maps

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cartographer

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an imaginary line that follows the curve of the earth; used by planes to represent the shortest distance between two cities.

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great circle