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Geography
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Location- | Tells you where it is |
| 2. Place | What is it like when you get there. |
| 3. Movement | People and ideas get around |
| 4. Human environment interaction | What do the people do to the environment? What does the environment do for the people? |
| 5. Regions | What do locations have in common?-- Climate, religion, language, education, states are territories - borders of a nation |
| 6. Hemisphere | Half of a sphere [Earth is separated into north and south hemisphere and east and west hemisphere] |
| 7. Latitude | measures south and north and run from east and west-- like the rungs of a ladder |
| 8. Longitude | measures east and west and the lines run from north to south |
| 9. Prime Meridian | 0 degrees longitude and divides the earth into east and west hemispheres |
| 10. Equator | 0 degrees Latitude and divides the earth into north and south hemispheres |
| 11. Compass | shows ‘cardinal direction’ NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST |