Bonner Ancient History
World Geography Vocabulary Terms
(13 Terms)
Geography:
the study of the Earth, people, places and environments.
Map Legend:
gives symbols to represent places on a map.
Map Scale:
compares distance on a map to actual distance on the Earth.
Political Map:
a map that shows human-made features and boundaries such as cities, highways and countries.
Physical Map:
a map that shows naturally occurring physical features of the Earth.
Continent:
one of seven major land masses of the Earth’s surface.
Absolute location:
description of a place using grid coordinates (latitude and longitude).
Relative location:
description of a place using the relation of one place to another.
Compass rose:
a directional arrow that shows cardinal and sometimes intermediate directions on a map.
Immigrant:
a person who leaves one area to settle in another.
Migrate:
to move from one geographic region to another.
Pull factor:
a reason that would attract someone to move to another place.
Push factor:
a reason that would make someone want to leave their place and go s
omewhere else.