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Geography
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Location | Tells you where it is |
| Longitude | Measures east (+) to west (-), goes north to south |
| Measures north (+) to south (-), goes east to west | |
| Prime Meridian | 0 degrees longitude |
| Equator | 0 degrees latitude |
| Place | What it is like when you get there |
| Movement | How 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 |
| Hemisphere | Half of a sphere |
| 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 |