5th grade SS geography and map skills
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| environment | all things that surround us, such as land, water, air, and trees.
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| region | large area that has common features that set it apart from other areas
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| continents | large, continuous, discrete masses of land, ideally separated by expanses of water
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| latitude lines | distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees
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| equator | imaginary line around the middle of the earth halfway between the north pole and south pole; 0 degrees latitude
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| geography | study of earth and how people use it
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| prime meridian | line of longitude marked 0 degrees. other lines of longitude are measured in degrees East or West of the this line.
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| globe | round model of Earth
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| longitude lines | distance East or West of the prime meridian, measured in degrees.
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| hemisphere | half of a sphere or globe. Earth can be divided into them
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| five themes of geography | location, place, human/environment interaction, movement, and region
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| Northern Hemisphere | half of the Earth north of the equator
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| equator | the widest point between the North and South poles
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| Southern Hemisphere | half of the Earth south of the equator
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| Western Hemisphere | half of the Earth to the west of the prime meridian
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| Eastern Hemisphere | half of the Earth to the east of the prime meridian
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| latitude lines | parallels, because they are parallel to the equator
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| meridians | lines of longitude circle the Earth in a north-south direction
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| longitude lines | are farthest apart at the middle of the Earth but become closer together as they move toward the poles
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| equator | an important latitude line
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| hemi | half
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| absolute | means a location in latitude and longitude numbers to be exact
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| relative | can be measured through means of a relationshiop of one or more against another
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| geographer | a person who studies geography
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