DIRECTION l l l CARDINAL DIRECTIONS NORTH SOUTH

DIRECTION l l l CARDINAL DIRECTIONS: NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST

INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS l l l THOSE DIRECTIONS THAT FALL BETWEEN THE CARDINAL DIRECTIONS NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST

FIND ANY PLACE ON THE EARTH l IF YOU KNOW THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

LATITUDE l l l 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 l l l 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 l l l INFLUENCE WHAT PEOPLE DO, WHERE THEY LIVE AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT CLIMATE LANDFORMS WATER NATURAL RESOURCES

CLIMATE l l WEATHER OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME LENGTH OF GROWING SEASON: HISTORICALLY THE MOST CRITICAL ASPECT OF NATURAL FEATURES

LANDFORMS: RELIEF AND ELEVATION l l MOUNTAINS HILLS PLAINS PLATEAUS

BODIES OF WATER l l l OCEANS, LAKES AND RIVERS MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION SOURCE OF FOOD, WATER AND POWER

NATURAL RESOURCES l l WATER, FORESTS ANIMALS MINERALS: COAL, GOLD IRON, OIL

FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY l l l HUMAN INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT PLACE MOVEMENT REGIONS LOCATION