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6th Geography 1.1
Chapter 1 Section 1 Assessment
Term | Definition |
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geography | the study of Earth |
cardinal directions | North, East, South, West |
latitude | the distance north or south of the Equator |
longitude | the distance east and west of the Prime Meridian |
hemisphere | each half of Earth |
parallel | another word for lines of latitude |
meridian | another word for lines of longitude |
5 themes of geography | organizes information about Earth |
location | where a place is, where something is |
regions | groups, places together that have something in common |
place | human and physical features of a specific location |
movement | how people, goods, ideas get from one place to another |
human-environment interaction | how people and the environment affect each other |
latitude and longitude are measured in units called | degrees |
absolute (exact) location | uses coordinates of latitude and longitude |