Unit 1 Vocabulary
Subject:
World History [1]
Tags:
Geodesy [3]
Tropics [4]
Navigation [5]
Tropic of Cancer [6]
Tropic [7]
Equator [8]
Latitude [10]
Longitude [11]
Prime meridian [12]
Geographica [13]
THURSDAY ? 8/27/15 BELLWORK Use plain white paper and make 2 Fryer Diagrams. I will show you how to fold one. Choose a Vocabulary Word for center. Other boxes: Top left: Definition Bottom left: Antonym, Synonym Top right: Use word in a sentence Bottom right: Pictorial representation Repeat Process for 2nd vocabulary word. UNIT 1 ? GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS cartography: study of mapmaking six essential elements: displays the importance of geography LOCATION ? world in spatial terms places & regions physical systems (natural changes and communities of plants/animals) MOVEMENT ? human systems environment & society uses of geography region: an area with one or more common features Latitude: measures distance North/South of the equator Runs East/West, horizontal