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geography
Term | Definition |
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location | tell 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 to 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 separated into north and south hemisphere and east and west hemisphere |
latitude | measures south and north and run in east and west like the rungs of a ladder |
longitude | measures east and west and the lines run from north and 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 |
compass | shows cardinal direction NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST |