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Str Geography Test
Vocabulary Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Geography | The study of the earth and the way people live on it and use it. |
| Location | A place ´ s address latitude and longitude Where is it? |
| Place | The physical features are plants, climate, animals, and ETC. |
| Human-Environment Interaction | H.E.I is how the environment affects humans and how humans affect the earth. |
| Movement | How and why people, goods and ideas move. |
| Regions | Places grouped together with similar characteristics. |
| Environment | All the surroundings of a place such as land, water, weather, plants, and the changes people have done. |
| Continent | a large body of land (there are 7) |
| Hemisphere | half circle, one of the halves of the earth |
| latitude | the distance north and south of the equator 0 degrees, measured in degrees |
| longitude | the distance east and west of the prime meridian 0 degrees, measured in degrees |
| equator | an imaginary line circling the earth, halfway between the North and South Pole runs east and west |
| Prime Meridian | the line of longitude marked of 0 degrees on the world map, imaginary line running north south |
| climate | a pattern of weather that an area has over a long period of time |
| cardinal directions | main directions, north, south, east, west |
| intermediate directions | directions in between nw, sw, ne, nw |
| map key | chart that shows what colors and symbols mean |