Geography

Study Cards

North America

The continent that includes the US.

South America

The continent that is beneath North America

Europe

Attached to Asia

Africa

South of Europe

Asia

The biggest continent in the world

Australia

Southeast of Asia

Atlantic Ocean

In between North America and Europe

Pacific Ocean

In between North America and Asia

Indian Ocean

In between Africa and Australia

Arctic Ocean

On top of the Earth

Southern Ocean

Above Antarctica

Rome

Long and skinny

Greece

Fat and short

Mexico

In North America below US

United States

In North America

Antarctica

The bottom of the Earth

Title

Tells you what its about

Legend

Tells you what the symbols on the map mean

Inset Map

Gives a bigger picture of the surrounding area

Scale

Varies from map to map. Gives the distance between locations

Compass Rose

Shows directions

Degrees

Units of latitude or longitude.

Equator

An imaginary line that runs around the center of Earth, halfway between the North and South Poles at 0 degrees latitude.

Meridians (Lines of Longitude)

Imaginary lines on Earth that run between the North and South Poles.

North Pole

The point on Earth located at 90 degrees north latitude, where the lines of longitude meet.

Parallels (Lines of Latitude)

Imaginary lines on Earth that run parallel to the equator.

Prime Meridian

An imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole of Earth at 0 degrees longitude.

South Pole

The point on Earth located at 90 degrees south latitude where the lines of longitude meet.

Cartographer

A mapmaker

Hemisphere

Half of the earth

Northern Hemisphere (include which continents are in it?)

The northern part of the Earth. Includes North America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Southern Hemisphere (include which continents are in it?)

The southern part of the Earth. Includes Africa, South America, Australia, and Antarctica.

Eastern Hemisphere (include which continents are in it?)

The eastern part of the Earth. Includes Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, and Australia.

Western Hemisphere (include which continents are in it?)

The western part of the Earth. Includes Africa, North America, South America, and Antarctica.

Geographic Grid

The system of latitude and longitude used to find locations

Index

An indicator, sign, or measure of something

Relative location

A description of how a place is related to another place

Absolute location

Describes the position of a place in a way that never changes, no matter your location

Grid

A network of lines that cross each other to form a series of squares or rectangles.

Physical Map

A type of map that represents the physical features of a particular area or region using contour lines.