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Geography Vocabulary words

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show A person who studies the Earth and its people.  
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show The study of Earth and its people; divided into Physical Geography and Human Geography.  
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show The study of Earth's natural features.  
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Human Geography   show
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show The position of something or someone on the Earth's surface.  
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show What you find at a location; every place has unique physical and human characteristics.  
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Interaction   show
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show A group of areas that share certain common characteristics.  
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Globe   show
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show A flat projection of some aspect of Earth's surface, such as landforms and waterways, political regions, economic regions, and so on.  
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Absolute Location   show
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Relative Location   show
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Latitude Lines   show
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Longitude Lines   show
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Grid   show
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Direction   show
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Scale   show
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Key/Legend   show
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show One of Earth's four largest bodies of water.  
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Continents   show
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show The shape land takes; types of landforms include plains, plateaus, hills, and mountains.  
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show The layer of air covering Earth.  
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show The main kind of weather in an area.  
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Precipitation   show
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show A region of Earth characterized by a particular kind of plant life.  
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show A working thing composed of two or more parts that work together and are interdependent; there are two types: open and closed.  
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Open System   show
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show A system that operates on its own; it does not need ouside help to start or to keep going.  
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