geography study of the world absolute location the exact spot where something is located relative location saying where something is by comparing it to another place latitude grid lines that go east to west longitude grid lines that go north to south equator 0 degrees latitude (going east to west) Prime Meridian 0 degrees longitude (going north to south) hemisphere half of the earth rotation when the earth spins (causing night and day) revolution one complete trip around the sun (365.25 days) axis an imaginary line that runs through the earth (the earth spins on its axis) compass shows the directions on a map map scale measures the distances on a map cardinal directions main directions: north, south, east, west intermediate directions in-between directions: northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest region a specific area of the world that shares something in common
Chapter 1 Review 