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Map Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| absolute location | exact location using coordinates |
| cartography | the practice of drawing maps |
| Equator | the line of latititude dividing the earth in Northern and Southern hemispheres |
| Hemispheres | halves of the earth |
| latitude | imaginary lines that measure north or south of the Equator |
| longitude | imaginary lines that measure east or west of the Prime Meridian |
| Prime Meridian | the line of longitude dividing the earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres |
| relative location | describing a location using features around it |