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Geography | the study of the physical,biological, and cultural features of earths surface. |
perspective | the way a person looks at something |
landscapes | scenery and places including physical, human, and cultural features |
cartography | the study of maps and map making |
meteorology | the study of weather |
region | areas with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas |
formal region | regions with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas |
functional region | region made up of different places that are linked and function as a unit |
perception | our awarness and understanding of the envioroment around us |
grid | lines that criss cross in uniform intervals to make a pattern of squares |
perceptual region | regions that reflect humans feelings and attitudes |
longitude | measured in degrees, lines south-west on a globe |
latitude | lines east-west on a globe |
equator | imaginary line from north to south poles(goes through Greenwich, england) |
paralles | lines of latitude |
meridian | lines of longitude |
prime meridian | (equator) imaginary line from norht and south poles through greenwich,england. |
degrees | units used to measure distances between meridians and parallels |
hemisphere | halves of globes divided by the equator or a meridian |
continents | large bodys of land on the earths surface |
atlas | a collection of maps in one book |
map projections | different ways of projecting a map on a flat surface |
great circle routine | shortest route between any two places |
compass rose | a map element with arrows that point in all 4 prinipal directions |
legend | map key |
contiguous | connecting or bordering |
precipitation | condensed droplets of water that fall from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
topography | elevation,layout, and shape of land. |
climate groups | graphs showing average tempatures & precipitation of a place |
population pyrimds | graphs showing the percentage of males and females by age group in a countrys population |