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Geography
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Location | Tells you where it is |
| Place | What is it like when you get there |
| Movement | people and ideas get around |
| Human environment interaction | What do the people do to the environment? What does the environment do for the people? |
| Regions | What do locations have in common?-- Climate, religion, language, education |
| Latitude | measures to north and south |
| Longitude | measures east and west and the lines run from north to south |
| Prime Meridian | 0 degrees longitude and divides the earth into east and west hemispheres |
| Equator | 0 degrees Latitude and divides the earth into north and south hemispheres |
| Compass | shows ‘cardinal direction’ NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST |
| Continent | on earth we have 7 large land masses called continents |
| Country | territory of a nation |
| State | Florida is a state |
| Hemisphere | Half a sphere Earth is separated into north and south hemispheres and east and west hemispheres |