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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, states are territories - borders of a nation |
| Hemisphere | - Half of a sphere [Earth is separated into north and south hemisphere and east and west hemisphere] |
| 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 |