Geography Reviewer

A set of vocabulary flashcards covering basic geography concepts, continents, landforms, water forms, and map coordinates.

Geography

The study of the world, its landforms and bodies of water, climate, and how humans interact with the environment.

Absolute Location

The exact location of a place using latitude and longitude.

Relative Location

The location of a place based on its relationship to other places.

Place (Physical Characteristics)

Characteristics including landforms, climate, plants, and animals.

Place (Human Characteristics)

Characteristics including culture, language, housing, and lifestyle.

Human-Environment Interaction

How humans affect the environment and vice versa, such as through planting, deforestation, or pollution.

Movement

The movement of people, ideas, products, and information, including migration, travel, and trade.

Region

A part of the world with similar characteristics, such as a hot region or an agricultural region.

Legend

The part of a map that explains the symbols used.

Compass Rose

A map feature showing directions: North (N), South (S), East (E), and West (W).

Scale

A map feature used to measure distance.

Grid

Lines on a map used to determine coordinates.

Climate

The long-term condition of the weather in a specific area.

Weather

The current condition of the atmosphere.

Asia

Located in the Eastern Hemisphere between approximately $10^{\circ}S - 80^{\circ}N$ and $25^{\circ}E - 170^{\circ}W$; contains about $49$ countries and famous spots like Mount Everest and the Great Wall of China.

Africa

Located between $35^{\circ}S - 37^{\circ}N$ and $17^{\circ}W - 51^{\circ}E$; contains $54$ countries and famous spots like the Sahara Desert and the Nile River.

North America

Located between $7^{\circ}N - 83^{\circ}N$ and $20^{\circ}W - 170^{\circ}W$; contains $23$ countries and famous spots like the Grand Canyon and Rocky Mountains.

South America

Located between $12^{\circ}N - 55^{\circ}S$ and $35^{\circ}W - 81^{\circ}W$; contains $12$ countries and famous spots like the Amazon River and Andes Mountains.

Europe

Located between $35^{\circ}N - 70^{\circ}N$ and $10^{\circ}W - 60^{\circ}E$; contains $44$ countries and famous spots like the Alps and the Eiffel Tower.

Australia / Oceania

Located between $10^{\circ}S - 45^{\circ}S$ and $110^{\circ}E - 180^{\circ}E$; contains about $14$ countries and the Great Barrier Reef.

Antarctica

Located between $60^{\circ}S - 90^{\circ}S$; has the coldest polar climate, no permanent countries, and features ice sheets and penguins.

Mountain

An elevated landform, such as Mt. Everest.

Volcano

A landform from which lava is expelled.

Plain

A flat area of land.

Plateau

A landform that is high and flat.

Valley

The land area located between mountains.

Hill

An elevated landform that is lower than a mountain.

Island

A piece of land entirely surrounded by water.

Peninsula

A piece of land projecting out into the water.

Ocean

The widest and largest body of water.

Sea

A body of water that is smaller than an ocean.

River

A body of flowing water.

Lake

An inland body of water surrounded by land.

Gulf

A part of the sea that is partially surrounded by land.

Bay

A small gulf.

Strait

A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

Waterfall

Water falling from a height.

Latitude

Horizontal lines on a map or globe that run North and South of the Equator.

Longitude

Vertical lines on a map or globe that run East and West of the Prime Meridian.

Equator

The $0^{\circ}$ latitude line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Prime Meridian

The $0^{\circ}$ longitude line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.