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final exam review 1

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atlas   a book of maps  
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elevation   height above sea level  
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geography   study of earth, land, people  
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artic circle   latitude line 66 1/2 degrees north  
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antartic circle   latitude line 66 1/2 degrees south  
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longitude   meridians that run north/south on a map/globe  
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themetic map   map that shows specific info like climate or population  
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scale bar   measures distance on a map  
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cardinal dirctions   north/south/east/west  
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map scale   the relationship between the distance between two places in real life/map  
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hemispere   a half of the earth  
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equator   the main line of latitude  
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circle graph   pie-shaped graph  
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globe   a ball shaped model earth  
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population   average number of people per sqare mile  
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bar graph   a graph that compares in formation  
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grid system   latitude/longitude line cross  
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climograph   shows climate of weather patterns in a specif place  
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pictograph   compareison of sybols/pictures  
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relative location   how far and in what direction one place is to another  
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chart   a graphice way of presenting info organized  
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political map   a map nshowing people -made boundaries  
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physicla map   shows elevation  
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map key   a guide that shows what colors/symbols mean on a map  
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climate   average weather pattern of an area  
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absolute value   the exact position of a place on earth  
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compase rose   small sybol that shows directions on a map  
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latitude   parallel lines that run east to west on a map or globe  
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bay   a large body of water that extends into the shoeline  
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channel   wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close too each other  
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climate   usual predictable pattern of weather over a long period of time  
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current   moving streamsof water that enstends inland larger than a BAY  
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droght   long period of extreme dryness and water shorteage  
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elevation   height asbove sea level  
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landform   indiviual features  
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gulf   large body of water that exstends inland  
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hurricane   violent tropical strom with high winds and heavy rainfall  
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island   land compeletlysourounded by water  
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lake   a sizeable inland body of water  
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hiagh land climate   cool or cold clmate that vareies with elevations  
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tropical climate   warm year round extends from the equator to tropic of cancer and from the equator to the trpic of capricorn  
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prevailing wind   movements of air that travel around the earth  
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el nino   cause by the combitination of tempature wind and water  
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la nina   eastern winds become strong and the oppistite of el nino occors-pacif ocean gets cooler  
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dry climate   dry to partly dry areas with little to rain  
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typhoon   name for a hurricane in asia  
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tornado   funnel shaped wind storm  
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tropics   low latitude region between the tropic of cancer/capricorn  
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mountain   land with steepSIDES THAT RISE SHARPLY  
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MOUNTAIN RANGE   a series of connected mountains  
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monsoon   seasoonal wind that blows over a continent for a log period of time  
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weather   unpredictable changes in the air that take place in a short period of time  
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plain   area of low elevation covered in grass  
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plateau   flat or rolling land at high elevation  
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river   large natrual stream of water that runs through land  
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sea    
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straight    
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ocean    
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volcano    
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valley    
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