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Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Longitude | the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. "at a *Blank* of 2° W" |
| Latitude | the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. "at a latitude of 51° N" |
| Equator | an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°. |
| Prime Meridian | a planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude. |
| Absolute location | A place's *blank* location is its exact place on Earth, often given in terms of latitude and longitude. For example, the Empire State Building is located at 40.7 degrees north |
| Relative location | *blank* location refers to the position of a place or entity based on its location with respect to other locations. For example, the location of the US Capitol is located about |
| The four hemispheres and their location | Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western. The Equator, or line of 0 degrees latitude, divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres |
| The 5 themes of geography | location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region |
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