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Geography
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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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 people do the environment?What does the environment do for the people? |
Regions | What do the 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 runs from east to 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 |