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Geography
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Location | Tells you where it is |
place | what it is like to 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 south and north and run from east and west-- like the rungs of a ladder |
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 of a sphere [Earth is separated into north and south hemisphere and east and west hemisphere] |