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Geography
Geography Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Location | Tells you where it is |
| Place | What it is 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 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 |
| County | territory of a nation |
| State | Florida is a state |
| Hemisphere | Half of sphere earth is separated into north and south hemisphere and east to west hemisphere. |
| Historian | an expert in or student of history |
| Anthropologist | person who studies the origin and development of humans |
| Fossil | an impression in rock left by a plant/animal from an earlier time |
| Technology | the ways knowledge, tools, inventions are applied to meet needs |
| Archaeologist | person who studies human history through remains |
| Artifact | something made by a human |