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geography
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 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 circle |
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 | the earth's zero of longitude, |
Equator | 0 degrees longitude and divides the earth into east and west |
Compass | shows ‘cardinal direction’ NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST |