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Ch 1 vocab.
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Term | Definition |
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Geography | the study of Earth and its people,places,and environments |
Landforms | the shape and nature of the land |
Environment | the natural sorroundings of a place |
Region | a group of places that seperate each other |
Prime Meridian | the starting piont for measuring longitude |
Longitude | the dinstance on Earth in an east to west direction |
Equator | imaginary circle in the middle of the Earth |
Absolute Location | the exact location of something |
Latitude | the distance on Earth in a north to south direction |
Landscapes | portions of Earth's surface that can be viewed at one time and one location |
climate | average weather in a place over a long period of time |
spatil | Earth's features in terms of their locations,their shapes,and relationships to one another |
Relative location | where a place is compared to another place |
Resources | material that can be used to produce crops or other products |