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| Geography | the study of the physical,biological, and cultural features of earths surface.
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| perspective | the way a person looks at something
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| landscapes | scenery and places including physical, human, and cultural features
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| cartography | the study of maps and map making
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| meteorology | the study of weather
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| region | areas with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas
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| formal region | regions with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas
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| functional region | region made up of different places that are linked and function as a unit
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| perception | our awarness and understanding of the envioroment around us
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| grid | lines that criss cross in uniform intervals to make a pattern of squares
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| perceptual region | regions that reflect humans feelings and attitudes
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| longitude | measured in degrees, lines south-west on a globe
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| latitude | lines east-west on a globe
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| equator | imaginary line from north to south poles(goes through Greenwich, england)
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| paralles | lines of latitude
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| meridian | lines of longitude
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| prime meridian | (equator) imaginary line from norht and south poles through greenwich,england.
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| degrees | units used to measure distances between meridians and parallels
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| hemisphere | halves of globes divided by the equator or a meridian
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| continents | large bodys of land on the earths surface
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| atlas | a collection of maps in one book
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| map projections | different ways of projecting a map on a flat surface
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| great circle routine | shortest route between any two places
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| compass rose | a map element with arrows that point in all 4 prinipal directions
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| legend | map key
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| contiguous | connecting or bordering
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| precipitation | condensed droplets of water that fall from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
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| topography | elevation,layout, and shape of land.
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| climate groups | graphs showing average tempatures & precipitation of a place
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| population pyrimds | graphs showing the percentage of males and females by age group in a countrys population
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