vocab words

4. inaccuracy on maps[objects, stretched, squeezed, misshape, too close, too apart,] caused by making 2 dimensional images of a 3 dimensional object[the earth]
7. one of the five themes, how similar areas are grouped/organized
8. Directions- North, east, south, west
9. one of the five themes, how people stuff and ideas and get ideals get from one location to another
11. one of the five themes, the human and physical geography of a location
13. the shared beliefs behaviors customs and traditions of a group
14. one of the five themes, where something can be found
16. Meridian- zero degrees longitude
18. the global grid lines that run horizontal

1. the global grid lines that run vertically
2. The study of the Earth, its physical and human system, and how they are organized and interact
3. Directions- Northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast
5. tool on the map that shows relative size and distance
6. a 3 dimensional map of earth
10. zero degrees latitude
11. a map with known distortion
12. Environment Interaction one of the five themes, how humans change the earth adopt to the earth
15. the global positioning satellite system
17. Grid the grid system made up of lines of longitude and latitude - allows absolute location to be identified anywhere on the planet