Flashcards › Studying Geography p.12-17

study of earth's physical and cultural features geography natural physical features of the land's surface landforms pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time climate includes all the living and nonliving things that affect life in that area environment area with one or more features that make it different from surrounding areas region materials found in the earth that people need and value resources settled an area you pick to live latitude line dividing the earth into northern and southern hemisphere equator longitude line dividing the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres prime meridian north, east, south, west cardinal directions northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest intermediate directions drawing used to show cardinal and intermediate directions on a map compass rose vertical lines running north and south longitude lines horizontal lines running east and west latitude lines tells you what the symbols on the map mean map key or map legend uses a coordinate system like latitude and longitude to find locations absolute location mountains, plains, rivers, butte physical features uses landmarks to describe location relative location 4 # of oceans 7 # of continents 0 degree longitude line Prime Meridian 0 degree latitude line Equator study of earth's land and features physical geography study of people and the places they live human geography Importance of geographical landforms