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Funkhouser SS 1.1
Mr. Funkhouser's World History Vocabulary, Unit 1 List 1
Term | Definition |
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Absolute Location | exact location of a place on the Earth described by global coordinates |
Equator | imaginary line that runs around the Earth halfway between the North and South Poles; used as the starting point to measure degrees of north and south latitude |
Hemisphere | half spheres of the Earth |
Latitude | distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees |
Longitude | distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees |
Physical Map | map that calls out landforms, water features and/or elevation |
Political Map | map that shows the names and boundaries of countries, the location of cities and other human-made features of a place, and often identify major physical features |
Prime Meridian | line of the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England; starting point for measuring degrees of east and west longitude |
Projection | way of showing the Earth on a flat piece of paper |
Scale | a measuring line that helps you figure distance on a map |