20 Words for Geographers

Geo Bootcamp UNIT

Geography

Culture  

Physical Feature  

Political Geography  

Map Projection  

Elevation  

Hemisphere

Map Legend  

Map Scale  

Urban  

Rural  

Suburb/Suburban -

Economic Activity/Economy  

Per Capita -

GDP (Gross Domestic Product)  

Population Density

Climate  

Colonialism  

Diversity

Migrate

Teacher Notes from list above…

These terms have been selected due to their importance to the study of World Geography within our classroom and are the basic foundation of terminology for a Geographer. In order to be an active participant with our Geography classroom, we all (teacher & student) need to have a “working knowledge of these terms in order to follow/understand conversations during our time together.