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Preble_geography_9
Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Political map | a map that includes boarders, countries, estates, and cities |
| Physical map | a map that includes mountains, plains, rivers, and oceans |
| Globe | a three-dimensional representation of the Earth |
| Cartographer | a mapmaker |
| Topographic map | a representation of natural and man-made features on earth |
| Movement | how people, things, and information get from one location to another |
| Region | areas of the world with common characteristics |
| Interaction | the ways human beings modify, rely on, or adapt to the physical world |
| Absolute location | the exact place where a geographic feature is found |
| Relative location | describes a place in relation to other places around it |
| Place | the physical characteristics of an area |
| Hemisphere | each half of the globe |
| Equator | the imaginary line that divides the north and south halves of the earth |
| Prime Meridian | imaginary line that divides the east and west halves of the Earth |
| Latitude | imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator |
| Longitude | imaginary lines that go around the earth over the poles |
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