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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 interactions | What do the people do for 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 divided into North and South hemisphere and East and west hemisphere] |
| Latitude | measures south and north and run from east to west--like the rungs of ladder |
| Longitude | measures east and west and the lines run from south to north |
| 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 |