Vocab
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| A point on the earth's surface expressed by a coordinate system such as latitude and longitude. | Absolute Location
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| a half of the celestial sphere as divided into two halves by the horizon, the celestial equator, or the ecliptic | Hemisphere
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| A location of a place in relation to another place | Relative location
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| Physical characteristics of a place include altitude, landforms like mountains and bodies of water,climate and different forms of precipitation. Temperature is also included. | characteristics of a place
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| A viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experience | perception
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| A group of places that have similar attributes. | formal region
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| A group of places connected by movement. | functional region
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| a straight line that has the same distance between another straight line. | parallel
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| an imaginary line on the Earth's surface from the North Pole to the South Pole that connects all locations along it with a given longitude. | meridian
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| The Prime Meridian is the meridian (line of longitude) at which the longitude is defined to be 0°. | prime meridan
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| geography refers to how people, goods, and ideas are dynamic and constantly changing | movement
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| subregions that contain clusters of like areas that are distinctive by their uniformity of description based on a range of statistical data | region
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| how we affect and are affected by the environment, and also how we disturb the natural environment. | human- environment interaction
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| a specific position or point in physical space | location
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| an area with definite or indefinite boundaries or a portion of space in which has a name in an area | place
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| An equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and containing the sphere's center of mass. | equator
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| the circle of latitude on the Earth that marks the most northerly position | tropic of cancer
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| the most southerly latitude on the Earth | tropic of capricorn
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