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Geography Vocabulary Map

 

Foundation

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

 

EYFS

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2

3

4

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6

PLACE

 

1. CONTRASTING COUNTRIES

1a. How is Glossop the same/different as other places?

1b. How is life in Tocuaro different to life in Glossop?

1c. How is Italy similar and different to the U.K.?

1d. How does the Caribbean compare with the U.K.?

houses

landscape

features

town

Glossop

UK

address

 

 

 

country

continent

land use

location

route

landmarks

human features

physical features

same

different

Tocuaro

Mexico

city

county

Italy

Rome

United Kingdom

region

capital

similarities

differences

Mediterranean

 

 

geographical regions

topographical features

mountains

coastline

rivers

land-use patterns

environmental regions

Caribbean

human and physical geography

Saint Lucia

Trinidad and Tobago

 

Foundation

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

PLACE

 

 

EYFS

1

2

3

4

5

6

2. HOW PEOPLE AND PLACES INTERACT

2a. What do people do in polar lands?

2b. What do people do at the seaside?

2c. How does life in a polar region impact or influence people’s lives?

2d. How can humans adapt to a place (e.g., living/surviving in a rainforest)?

North Pole

South Pole.

jobs

polar lands

scientists

ocean

coast

holiday

beach

cliff

seaside

harbour

port

cargo

coastguard

climate zones

Equator

Northern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere

Arctic

Antarctica

 

latitude

longitude

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

Arctic and Antarctic Circle

Prime/Greenwich Meridian

food products

export

survival

settlement

sustainable future

HUMAN & PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

 

Foundation

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

 

EYFS

1

2

3

4

5

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3. CHANGES TO PLACES OVER TIME

3a. What is it like where we live?

3b. Where is Glossop and what is it like?

3c. How has the Peak District changed over time?

3d. How have mountains and rivers shaped the landscape in the U.K.?

old

new

changes

town

village

city

hill

valley

river

soil

vegetation

factory

reservoir

farm

house

office

shop

Peak District

National Park

geology

Peak District

sedimentary rocks

gritstone

Dark Peak

limestone

White Peak.

blanket bogs

carbon

atmospheric pollution.

 

Ben Nevis

Snowdon

Scafell Pike

Slieve Donard

Severn

Thames

Trent

Tay

Clyde

Bann

Tyne

Dee

Mersey

Exe

upper course

middle course

lower course

erosion

deposition

 

 

Foundation

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

 

 

EYFS

1

2

3

4

5

6

HUMAN & PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

4. PHYSICAL FEATURES

4a. What is our school forest like?

4b. What is a rainforest and what are its physical features?

4c. Where are the world’s rainforests and what are their specific physical and climate characteristics?

4d. How have earthquakes and volcanoes changed the landscape of Iceland?

trees

plants

woods

bushes

trees

pond

 

 

Brazil

rainforest

layers

land

river

ocean

grass

features

danger

effect

 

Amazon rainforest

tropical rainforest

equator

Brasilia

weather

climate

layers

forest floor

understorey

canopy

emergent

 

Iceland

Reykjavik

earthquake

crust

mantle

outer core

inner core

volcano

vent

magma

lava

ash

conduit

crater

Eyjafjallajökull

 

 

Foundation

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

 

 

EYFS

1

2

3

4

5

6

HUMAN & PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

5. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

5a. Where do we get food from?

5b. What do people do for jobs in Norway?

5c. Which foods and other commodities are grown in different climate zones?

5d. What is Global Trade and how does it impact the world?

work

farming

fishing

factories

 

 

Norway

Oslo

steamer ferry

port

campsites

fishing boats

tourist centre

herdsman (reindeer).

buy

sell

trade

tourists

 

climate zones

Polar

Temperate

Tropical

Arid

Mountain

Mediterranean

 

commodities

Fair Trade

infographic

 

Global Trade

economy

commodities

processes

products

places

justice

sustainability

 

 

 

Foundation

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

HUMAN & PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

 

EYFS

1

2

3

4

5

6

6. CLIMATE CHANGE

6a. What are the different types of weather?

6b. What is the weather like where we live?

6c. How do humans affect climate change?

6d. How can we reduce our carbon footprint?

weather

rain

sunny

cloudy

snow

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

London

Edinburgh

Cardiff

Belfast

seasons

spring

summer

autumn

winter

storms

temperatures

climate change

energy

fossil fuels (carbon dioxide)

power

COP26

David Attenborough

 

global warming

carbon footprint

carbon neutral

Greta Thunberg