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Studyguide geography By: Someone212
Term | Answer |
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A place on the earths surface | Location |
how humans interact with the environment | Human Environmental interaction |
The features that help define a location | Place |
a broad geographic area with similar features | Region |
the moving of people, products, produce, and information between countries | Movement |
lines of latitude run ___ ___ but measure distance North south | East west |
lines of longitude run ___ ___ but measure distance east west | North south |
The _____ divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres | Equator |
The _____ divides the earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres | Prime Meridian |
A ____ ____ explains the symbols on a map | Map Key |
A ____ ____ compares a distance of a map to the distance in the real world | Map Scale |
Retaliative location | The location of one place compared to another |
the exact location of something | Absolute Location |
Peninsula | a body of water jutting into a land or ocean |
land deposited at the rivers mouth | delta |
archipelago | a group of islands |
a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger bodies of land | isthmus |
Sahara desert | Physical |
McKinley Monument | Political |
Lake Erie | Physical |
Eiffel tower | Political |