• the relationship of one place to another place
• described by landmarks, time, direction, distance
• described in location to a known point

example: 2 blocks north of the movie theatre

• refers to the exact location
• uses the grid system of latitude and longitude

cold all year long

consist of the arctic and antarctic circles

lies in the middle latitudes between the poles and the tropics

most of the world's population lives here

hot all year long

the part of the eart that lies between north and south of the Equator

• the vertical lines that extend from pole to pole
• measures east and west of the Prime Meridian
• runs through Greenwich, England

• largest region in Texas
• includes dallas, houston, austin, san antonio, laredo, and brownsville
• economic resources includes fish, timber, ports, and chemicals

• lies west and north of the coastal plains
• mostly rural farming, ranching, and agricultural
• includes fort worth, wichita falls, and san angelo

• land is used for farm cotton and wheat
• a major oil producing region
• includes amarillo, lubbock, midland, odessa, and kerrville

• westernmost region of texas
• includes rocky mountain
• the highest and driest
• el paso, ft stockton, and marfa

• shows landform, bodies of water, and mountains
• shows topography and physical features of the earth's surface

• they are used to represent space symbolically
• used to familiarize students with basic roundness of the earth
• used to study the proportion of land and water

• the landforms of a region
• natural features such as mountains and hills
• shape of the earth's surface is shown with contour lines

• shows capitals and cities
• shows features that humans have created
• shows division between states or between counties

shows the difference in elevations of different regions

raised features on the map

landforms of a region

natural features of landscape like mountains and hills

a design printed on a chart to show the orientation of a map of the Earth

shows cardinal and intermediate directions

1. Antartica
2. Africa
3. Australia
4. Asia
5. Europe
6. North America
7. South America

• the longest river in the US
• stretches from Minnesota to Gulf of Mexico

• largest bodies of water on the earth's surface
• covers 70% of earth's surface
• 97% of earth's water
• includes the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic

a temperate environment located between deserts and forests

a tropical grassland containing scattered trees

• resources that can be replaced naturally or by humans
• examples include forests, animal life, solar power, and wind power

• resources that cannot be replaced naturally or by humans
• examples include minerals, fossil fuels, oil, natural gas, and coal

the most rockiest and most mountainous terrain of Texas

westernmost area of Texas

• wind and ocean currents
• latitude
• elevation
• topography

are all factors that influence what?

1. Nile
2. Amazon
3. Chang Jiang or Yangtze

are 3 of the...