DIRECTION

CARDINAL DIRECTIONS:

NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST

INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS

THOSE DIRECTIONS THAT FALL BETWEEN THE CARDINAL DIRECTIONS

NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST

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IF YOU KNOW THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

LATITUDE

IMAGINARY LINES ON THE GLOBE THAT RUN PARALLELTO THE EQUATOR

MEASURED IN DEGREES NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE

EQUATOR 90 DEGREES N =THE NORTH

POLE 0 DEGREES LAT. = THE

EQUATOR 231/2 DEGREES SOUTH =

TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

LONGITUDE

ALSO KNOWN AS MERIDIANS

RUN EAST AND WEST OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN FROM POLE TO POLE

MEASURED IN DEGREES 0 DEGREES LONG. = THE

PRIME MERIDIAN 72 DEGREES EAST 90 DEGREES WEST

NATURAL FEATURES

INFLUENCE WHAT PEOPLE DO, WHERE THEY LIVE AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT

CLIMATE LANDFORMS WATER NATURAL RESOURCES

CLIMATE

WEATHER OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME

LENGTH OF GROWING SEASON: HISTORICALLY THE MOST CRITICAL ASPECT OF NATURAL FEATURES

LANDFORMS: RELIEF AND ELEVATION

MOUNTAINS HILLS PLAINS PLATEAUS

BODIES OF WATER

OCEANS, LAKES AND RIVERS

MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION

SOURCE OF FOOD, WATER AND POWER

NATURAL RESOURCES

WATER, FORESTS ANIMALS

MINERALS: COAL, GOLD IRON, OIL

FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

HUMAN INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

PLACE MOVEMENT REGIONS LOCATION