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geography
vocab
Term | Definition |
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Location | Tell 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 a common? -- Climate, religions, language, education. |
Latitude | Measures south and north run from east and west-- like the rungs of a ladder. |
Longitude | Measures east and west run from south and north. |
Prime meridian | 0 degrees longitude and divides the earth into east west hemispheres. |
Equator | 0 degrees latitude and divides the earth into south and north hemispheres. |
Compass | Shows "cardinal direction". NORTH, SOUTH ,EAST, WEST. |
Continent | On earth we have 7 large land masses called continent |
Country | Territory of a nation |
State | Florida is a state. |