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igeography.0
Geography from government class
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Geography | the study of the Earth and the ways people live and work on it |
| Absolute Location | the position of a place on the Earth's surface |
| Hemisphere | half of a sphere on a globe, as in the Earth's Northern and Southern Hemispheres |
| Equator | an imaginary line around the Earth a circle that is the the same distance from each of the poles |
| Prime Meridian | the meridian of 0 degrees longitude the runs through the original site of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England. |
| latitude | imaginary lines running east and west around the globe that are used to measure the distance north and south of the equator in degrees; also called parallel lines |
| longitude | imaginary vertical lines running pole to pole on the globe,used to measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian; also called meridians |
| relative location | where a place is located in relation to other places |
| key | part of a map that explains the symbols used on a map |
| compass rose | directional marker on a map |
| scale | the relationship of measuring on a map to actual measurement in ft,miles, meter, or kilometer on the earth's surface |
| physical map | a map which show countries terrain |
| political map | a map which shows countries borders and main cities |
| topography | physical features of the earth's surface |
| relief | differences in elevation, or height, on land |
| contour line | lines tht connect points of land at the same elevation |
| great circle | shortest distance between two places on the earth's surface |
| map projections | way of drawing a map to represent the rounded eath on a flat surface |
| graph | way of projecting and comparing information visually, as in line graph, bar graph, or circle graph |
| chart | visual presentation of data in rows and columns |
| table | set of data in rows and columns |
| diagram | drawings that show what something is or how something is done, such as the steps of a process or a cycle |
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