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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 to the eviroment?what does the environment to for the people? |
Regions | what do locations have in common?--climate,religion,language,education,states are territories-borders of a nation |
Hemisphere | half of sphere [Earth is separated into north hemisphere and east and west hemisphere] |
Latitude | measures south and north and run from east and west--like the rungs of a ladder |
Longitued | measures east and west and and 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 |