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Geography Word Wall

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Definition
Absolute   specific; exact point of referance, adress, or time  
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Relative   unspecific; not completely acurate, or exact  
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Perspective   a view of things or facts in which they are in the right relations  
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Proximity   nearness, or vicinity to something  
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Distance   a space between two points, an interval  
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Bearing   the situation or horizontal direction of one point with respect to another or to the compass  
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Coordinates   order of degrees or specific point on a map  
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Vector   a course or compass direction, especially of an airplane  
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Equator   the imaginary band circling the middle of the earth at zero degrees latitude  
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Parallel   lines of latitude  
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Prime Meridian   the line at zero degrees longitude  
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Meridian   an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth, passing through the poles and any given place on the earth's surface; lines of longitude  
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Hemisphere   one of the halves of the earth  
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Tropic of Cancer   the northern edge of the tropic zone at twenty-three point five degrees north  
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Tropic of Capricorn   the southern edge of the tropic zone at twenty-three point five degrees south  
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Cardinal Directions   directions of north, south, east, and west  
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Intermediate Points   directions between north, south, east, and west; these points are north-east, north-west, south-east, south-west  
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Location   characteristics: direction, distance, proximity: measured by length  
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Place   physical and human characteristics of a place  
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Movement   how things, people and animals get from place to place  
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Human Environmental Interactions(HEI)   how humans affect the environment, how the environment affects humans, how humans adapt to the environment  
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Regions   divide the world into manageable units for geographical study; regions can be formal, functions, or vernacular  
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Latitude   lines that show the distance in degrees from the equator  
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International Dateline   the line at one-hundred eighty degrees longitude  
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Tropics/Tropic Zone   an area which gets the same amount of light and dark year round. it measures forty-seven degrees latitude through the equator  
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Environment   everything that surrounds both natural and manmade  
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Ecology   a unique environment/study of  
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Adaptation   how living things live/survive in their unique environment  
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Climate   average weather in a region over a long period of time  
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Compass Rose   an element found on a map which shows direction  
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Legend/Key   an element found on a map which shows the meaning of symbols shown on the map  
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Scale   an element found on a map which shows distance  
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Equinox(2)   either of two times in the year when night and day are of equal length  
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Solstice(2)   either of two times in the year when the sun is farthest from the equator  
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Poles   one end of the earth, north or south  
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GPS(Global Positioning System)   a satellite based navigation system  
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GIS(Geographic Information System)   captures, manages, analyzes, and displays, all forms of geographically referenced information  
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Longitude   lines that show the distance, in degrees from Greenwich, England  
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