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Geography
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| One of earth’s seven large bodies of land. | continent |
| One of the halves of earth. (example – northern hemisphere) | hemisphere |
| An imaginary line that circles the earth halfway between the north and South Pole. It is 0 degrees latitude. | equator |
| Distances north and south of the equator, measured by a set of imaginary lines that run east and west. | latitude |
| An imaginary line circling the earth, separating the earth into the eastern and western hemisphere. It is 0 degrees longitude. | prime meridian |
| Distances east and west of the Prime Meridian, measured by a set of imaginary lines that run north and south. | longitude |
| a unit of measurement that indicates the distance between lines of latitude and longitude. | degree |
| The directions north, east, south and west on a compass rose. | cardinal directions |
| The directions northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest on a compass rose. | intermediate directions |
| A drawing on a map that shows direction. | compass rose |
| A unit of measurement on a map that is used to represent a distance on earth. | scale |
| Located in a map key to show representation of items. | symbol |
| a list of map symbols that show what each symbol represents. | map key |
| a small map used to show the specific location of a larger map | locator |
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