What is geography

?

Building Academic Vocabulary Term definition in your

own words

Visual, what does the use it in a sentence orWord make you think relate to the word About, or a symbol or a (have you used thisLiteral drawing of the word. before?)

example

Geography

• “The word geography comes from the Greek word geographia which means to ‘describe the earth.’”

• “Geographers, on the other hand, view the world by looking at the use of space on the earth and the interactions that take place there. They look for patterns and connections between people and the land that they live on.” –World Geography textbook, pg. 5.

Absolute Location

Relative Location

HEB is located on 518 across from the Pearland Town Center, next to Academy, and to the west of HWY 288.

hemisphere

Equator

Prime Meridian

Latitude

• The equator is designated as the 0 degree line for latitude.

LongitudeThe prime meridian is designated as the 0 degree line for longitude.