Unit 1 Geography

8th Grade Unit 1 Map skills, etc

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geography

study of earth's natural features

geographer

one who studies earth's natural features

physical map

shows land and water features

political map

shows country and state boundaries

relief map

shows elevation

label

helps find things on maps

legend or key

explain symbols on a map

scale

help visualize distance on a map

compass rose

shows directions

cardinal directions

N S E W

intermediate directions

NW NE SW SE

sound

inland bodies of salt/fresh water mixed

barrier islands

Outer Banks

Graveyard of the Atlantic

nickname for waters around Cape Hatteras

estuaries

salt water wetland

pocosin

wetland type; swamp on a hill

savanna

wetland type

fall line

natural border between Coastal Plain & Piedmont

monadnocks

point of land that sticks out due to erosion

example of monadnock

Pilot Mountain

chain of monadnocks

Uwharrie Mountains

Piedmont Crescent

string of towns from Raleigh to Charlotte

absolute location

using latitude & longitude coordinates

relative location

using direction or places near location

equator

0 degree latitude

prime meridian

0 degree longitude; goes through Greenwich, England

topographic map

uses contour lines to show areas with similar elevation

region

An area of land where the land-forms, climate and plants and animals are similar

Blue Ridge

natural border between the Piedmont and the Mountains