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Tools of Geography Vocabulary Review 1
Standard of Learning
| Questions |
Answers |
| Study of the earth, its people and how people interact with the physical environment. |
Geography |
| an illustration of land or other geographic, political, or historical features |
Map |
| a three-dimensional representation of the earth; a scale model of the earth |
globe |
| A system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator. |
latitude |
| Distance east or west of the prime meridian. |
longitude |
| A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) and intermediate (NE,SE,NW,SW) directions. sometimes called directional indicator. |
Compass Rose |
| North, South, East, West on a Compass Rose. |
cardinal directions |
