Geography Vocabulary

3. studying something that affects the whole world (climate change or refugees)
6. the smallest area you study in geography
8. a photograph taken directly above the landscape
12. lines that join together points of equal height above sea level
17. a photograph taken from the same level as the landscape being photographed
19. an instrument with a magnetised needle that will always point to the Earth's magnetic field near the North Pole
20. the degrees assigned to each direction and angle of a compass

1. a map of a landscape from bird's eye view
2. the next largest scale eg. study of a particular country, or response of a nation to a particular situation
4. the amount by which reality has been scaled down to fit on the map
5. a photography taken above the landscape but angled slightly downwards
7. studying two or more countries eg. continent of Asia (made up of many nations)
9. an area larger than the local area and has something that sets it apart from neighbouring areas
10. imaginary lines that run from east to west and north to south around the globe
11. where the lettered column meets the numbered row
13. diagram that shows what a 'slice' through a particular thing would look like
14. the process of marking the direction using a compass
15. the four main directions on the compass - north, south, east and west
16. the requirements of a map: border, orientation, legend, title, scale, source
18. a simplified plan of an area that uses symbols and colours to represent the features in the real world