Prep AP/Geography
January 11, 2003
Chapter 1 Study Guide: Exploring Geography
Section 1: The Five Themes of Geography

1. Geography- the study of where people, places, and things are located and of the ways in which things relate to each other.
2. Absolute location- any place or thing exact position on the globe.
3. Equator- an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South poles. The equator divides the world in two.
4. Hemisphere- a half of the earth; the Equator divides the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. The Prime Meridian divides the Eastern and Western Hemisphere.
5. Latitude- imaginary lines that run parallel to the Equator; these lines measure distances North and South of the Equator.
6. Prime Meridian- an imaginary line running from North and South at 0*.
7. Relative location- the name of a term of how people usually describe a location; where it is located in relation to other places.
8. Formal region- areas in which a certain......

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