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Lesson 1 Part 1
Geography Basics - Latitude and Longitude and 5 Themes of Geography
Term | Definition |
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Geography | Study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth |
5 Themes of Geography help answer... | Where are things located? Why are they there? |
Location | Where a place is located |
Regions | Group places together that have something in common |
Place | The mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location |
Movement | How and why people, goods, and ideas move from one place to another |
Human-Environment Interaction | How people affect their environment and how their environment affects them |
Cardinal Directions | North, south, east, west |
Latitude | Position north or south of the Equator |
Longitude | Position east or west of the Prime Meridian |
Hemisphere | Each half of Earth |
Parallels | Another word for lines of latitude |
Meridians | Another word for lines of longitude |
Latitude and Longitude are measured in... | Degrees |
Absolute (Exact) Location | Uses coordinates of latitude and longitude |
Relative Location | The location of a place relative to another place |
Equator | 0 degrees latitude |
Prime Meridian | 0 degrees longitude |
Intermediate Directions | Between the cardinal directions (ex. Northwest) |