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Soc Stud 601
Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Geography | the study of the earth and its people |
| absolute location | the exact spot on Earth where a geographic feature (such as a city or mountain)is found |
| relative location | the location of a feature in relation to the features around it |
| physical feature | land areas, bodies of water, plant life, and available resources of an area |
| GPS | a system that uses satellites and radio signals to determine the exact location of places on Earth |
| globe | a round model of the earth that shows its shape, landforms, and directions as they relate to one another |
| map | a flat drawing of all or part of the Earth's surface |
| latitude | imaginary circles that run east to west around the globe and divide the globe into units called degrees |
| Equator | circles the middle of the Earth half way between the North and South Poles |
| longitude | imaginary lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole; also called meridians |
| Prime Meridian | line at 0 degrees longitude which runs through Greenwich, England |
| hemisphere | half of a sphere |
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