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geography vocab

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Vocab Word
Definition
show specific, exact point of reference example: address  
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Relative Location   show
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Perspective   show
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Distance   show
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show a way to go such as North, South, East, or West  
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show horizontal direction of one point with respect to another or to the compass  
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show specific point on a map example:(0°,0°)  
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Vector   show
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show Location on the Earth that has a latitude of 0°  
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show lines of latitude  
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show location on the earth that has a longitude of 0°  
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show lines of longitude  
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show Half of the world  
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Tropic of Cancer   show
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Tropic of Capricorn   show
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show North, South, East, and West  
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show Northwest,Northeast,Southwest,Southeast  
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show characteristics: direction, distance, proximity: measured by length  
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show physical and human characteristics of a place  
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Movement   show
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show how humans affect the environment, how the environment affects humans, how humans adapt to the environment  
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Region   show
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show Latitude is a north-south measurement of position on the Earth  
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International Dateline   show
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Tropic Zone   show
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show everything that surrounds us, both natural and man-made  
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show a unique environment  
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show nearness, or vicinity to something  
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show Longitude is a west-east measurement of position on the Earth.  
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show how living things live in their unique environment  
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show average weather in a region over a long period of time  
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compass rose   show
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show a piece of a map that shows the meaning of symbols used on the map  
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show a piece of a map that shows distance  
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show either of two times in the year when night and day are of equal length  
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show either of two times in the year when the sun is farthest from the equator  
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show one end of the earth, north or south  
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show a satellite based navigation system  
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show a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical  
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