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Geography
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| LOCATION | Tells you where something is. |
| PLACE | What is it like when you get there. |
| MOVEMENT | How 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 sphere Earth is separated into north and south hemisphere and east and west |
| 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 | 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 |