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NCMS 6W SS Vocab 1

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Geography   the study of earth and its peoples, places, and environments  
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Spatial   Earth's features in terms of their places, shapes, and relationships to one another  
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Landscape   a portion of the Earth's surface that can be viewed at one time and from one location  
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Relative Location   describes where a place is relative to another place  
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Absolute Location   the exact location of something  
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Latitude   lines on a map that run east to west, but measure distance in a north to south direction  
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Climate   the average weather in a place over a long period of time  
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Hemisphere   each half of Earth  
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Compass Rose   the feature on a map that shows direction  
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Scale   the relationship between distances on the map and on Earth  
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Elevation   the measurement of how much above or below sea level a place is  
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Relief   the difference between the elevation of one feature and the elevation of another feature near it  
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Technology   any way that scientific discoveries are applied to practical use  
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