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TCi Lesson 1

TCi Geography Lesson 1

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What are the three main ideas that geographers study? Land features, natural resources, how people interact with the land
A precise or absolute point on earth absolute location
A process that changes the shape, size, and position of earth's features distortion
Location of one place compared to another relative location
A way of showing the earth on a flat 2-D surface map projection
This object lists each symbol and explains what is shown on the map map key/legend
This term describes the whole area shown on the map and will identify the main topic/idea of the map title
This object shows the cardinal directions on a map compass rose
North, South, East, and West are known as cardinal directions
This divides up space on map map grid
Northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest are known as intermediate directions
Most important line of latitude that marks 0 degrees equator
Imaginary lines that run from Pole to Pole (North to South) longitude
The most important line of longitude that marks 0 degrees prime meridian
Using numbers to directly pinpoint an exact location on the Earth (especially useful for pilots) coordinates
One round trip around the Sun is called a revolution
The spinning motion of the Earth is called rotation
Some areas receive more sunlight than others because of the Earth's tilt
This type of map shows directions between places accurately near the equator Mercator projection
This type of map shows the sizes of places accurately but distorts the shape near the poles Eckert projection
This type of map shows how the contents compare in size Homolosine projection
Imaginary lines that run East to West latitude
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