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world Geography
Chapter 1 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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1 Geography | is the study of where people,places and things are located and how they relate to eachother. |
2 GIS | uses computer technology to collect,manipulate,analyze, and display data about the earth's surface in order to solve geographic problems. |
3 Absolute location | it's position on the globe |
4 Hemisphere | a half of the earth the Equater divides the northern and southern hemispheres the prome meridian divides the eastern and western hemispheres. |
5 Relative Location | the position of a place compared to another place. |
6 Character of a place | the physical and human characteristic that helps distinguish a place from other places |
7 Perception | a viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences. |
8 Formal region | a group of of places that that have similar |
9 Functional reion | |
10 Perceptual region |