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Geography
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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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? |
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 Interactive map |