Chapter 1 7th Grade Vocabulary, Standards, and Objectives

Chapter 1 the world of geography

Objectives
1.    Students will identify the five themes of geography.
2.    Students will differentiate between latitude and longitude.
3.    Students will use latitude and longitude to map absolute locations.
4.    Students will use scale to represent the relative size of objects.
5.    Students will read maps of different types using the: title, key, scale bar and compass rose.
6.    Students will identify cardinal directions.
7.    Students will identify all continents and oceans.

Vocabulary Words
1.    latitude
2.    longitude
3.    hemisphere
4.    parallel
5.    meridian
6.    scale
7.    distortion
8.    geographic information systems
9.    projection
10.    compass rose
11.    key

Standards
7.3.2- Use different map projections and compare the way they represent the Eastern Hemisphere.
7.3.3- Use four spatial map elements (point, line, area, and volume) to interpret information on maps, globes and GIS.