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Geography
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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location | tells you where it is |
place | what it is like |
movement | people and ideas get around |
human environment interaction | what do people do for the enviroment what does the enviroment 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 |
lattitude | 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 |
equator | 0 degrees Latitude and divides the earth into north and south hemispheres |
compass | shows ‘cardinal direction’ NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST |