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Exploring Geography

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geography   ancient greek word meaning earth description  
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location   a specific place on the earth  
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absolute location   the exact spot at which the place is found on the globe  
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Equator   the line circling the earth midway between the north and south poles  
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hemisphere   half of the earth  
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prime meridian   the north south line that runs through Greenwich, England  
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grid system   lines of latitude and longtitude crossing eachother and forming a pattern  
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relative location   locating a place in relation to other places  
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place   is a particular space with physical and human meaning  
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region   places are grouped into anarea united by specific factors  
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formal region   defined by a common characteristic  
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functional region   a central place and the surrounding area linked to it  
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perceptual region   a region defined by popular feelings and images rather than objective data  
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ecosystem   a community of plants and animals that depend upon one another, and their surroundings, for survival  
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Human-envirnment interaction   the study of interrelationship between people and their physical environment  
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physical geography   the study of the earth's physical features  
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human geography   the study of human activity and their relationship to the cultural and physical environments  
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meteorology   the study of weather and weather forcasting  
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historical geography   the study of places and human activities over time and the various geographic factors that have shapedt them  
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cartography   the studying and making of maps  
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GIS   Geographic information systemsare computer tools that process and organize data and satellite images with other pieces of information  
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