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Geography ch 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Spatial | refers to the Earth's features in terms of their location, shapes, and relationships. |
| Biology | the study of how things live/get along around you. |
| History | the study of how god connects things of this world. |
| Geography | the study of God's earth and its people, places and environments. |
| Bible | The word of God is all around you. |
| Location | where somewhere is found on Earth. |
| Place | how features are defined. |
| What is in this world? | 2 characteristics- physical (God made), human (human made) |
| Region | places that share common characteristics. |
| Human-Environment Interaction | how humans and their surroundings effect each other. |
| Movement | how people, products, ideas and information moves from one place to another. |
| Relative Location | compared/around ( I live "near" the Cass River.) |
| Absolute Location | exactly somewhere ( I live at 942 Eastgate Ct.) |
| Latitude | runs east to west, (mesures North to South.) Equator divides N/S |
| Longitude | runs north to south, (mesures East to West.) Prime Meridian divides E/W |
| Hemisphere | divides the world in half, (Western and Eastern.) |
| Map Projections | trying to distort round Earth onto flat map. |
| Robinson | (rounded), first weird projection. |
| Mercator | (flat), second weird projection. |
| Map Scale | size of area/distance |
| General Purpose | first type of map, Political and Physical |
| Thematrics | second type of map |
| Political map | boundaries and locations |
| Physical map | mountains |
| Technology | ways discoveries are applied to practical use |
| Parts of a Map | scale bar, and compass rose |