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Unit 2 Vocab L1
Unit 2 Lesson 1 Hemispheres
Term | Definition |
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Geography | The study of Human and Non-human features of the earth. |
Cardinal Direction | North, South, East, & West |
Intermediate Directions | Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, & Southwest |
Latitude | The position north or south of the equator. (lines that go this way ↔) |
Longitude | The position East or west of the equator . (lines that go ↕) |
Scale | The area or space on the map or globe corresponds to in the real world. |
Distortion | A loss of accuracy in the size or position of objects on a map. |
Projection | A different way to show a map on a flat surface. |
Equinox | A point at which, everywhere on Earth, days and nights are nearly equal in length. |
Solstice | A point at which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other. |