Everything in this flashcard set.
- Latitude
- An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
- Longitude
- The angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich
- Grid
- A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region
- Earth
- The planet we live on
- Map
- A mathematical relation such that each element of a given set is associated with an element
- Perceptual
- Of or relating to the act of ___
- Region
- The extended spatial location of something
- Hemisphere
- Half of the terrestrial globe
- North America
- A continent in the western hemisphere connected to South ___ by the Isthmus of Panama
- South America
- A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North ___ by the Isthmus of Panama
- Africa
- Continent with the Sahara desert
- Asia
- Largest continent on Earth
- Europe
- Continent that includes France and Italy
- Legend
- A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
- Movement
- A change of position that does not entail a change of location
- Place
- A point located with respect to surface features of some region
- Environment
- The natural world around us
- Physical
- Having to do with the body
- Human
- Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence
- Geography
- Study of the earth's surface