Vocabulary Quiz_ Intro to Geography - Google Docs.pdf

Name:____________________ Grade/Block:_____________ Geography Vocabulary Quiz Word Bank Latitude Longitude Intermediate Directions Hemisphere Compass Rose Absolute Location Human-Environment Interaction Distortion Projection Scale Cardinal Directions Relative Location Equator Legend Grid...

Name:____________________ Grade/Block:_____________ Geography Vocabulary Quiz Word Bank Latitude Longitude Intermediate Directions Hemisphere Compass Rose Absolute Location Human-Environment Interaction Distortion Projection Scale Cardinal Directions Relative Location Equator Legend Grid Regions Prime Meridian Topography 1. A network of evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines used to identify locations on a map. __________________________ 2. Lines on a map that go North to South. _______________________ 3. Lines on a map that go East to West. _______________________ 4. The 0° line that runs from east to west through the middle of the Earth: _______________________ 5. A detailed representation on a map of the natural and artificial features of an area. _____________________ 6. A location on earth relative to another location. ____________________________ 7. Distance on the map that corresponds to real distance on earth is called ________________. 8. A tool on a map used to show the cardinal directions and the intermediate directions. __________________________ 9. How people interact with the world, and the world interacts with people is called _____________________________________. 10. Also known as a “key,” this part of a map tells us what symbols on a map represent. __________________________ Name:____________________ Grade/Block:_____________ 11. It is impossible to put a sphere onto a flat surface, therefore all maps have some sort of ______________________. 12. Half of the earth is called a ______________________. 13. An exact place on Earth, often given in terms of latitude and longitude or an address. _______________________ 14. The 0° line that runs from North to South through the middle of the Earth: _________________________ 15. North, South, East, and West are called ____________________. 16. Parts of the world that share similar characteristics, but don’t necessarily have fixed boundaries are called _____________________ 17. Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast are examples of _______________________. 18. The method that geographers use to transfer the latitude and longitude of the spherical Earth on a flat surface is called _____________________.