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| term | definition.
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| hemisphere | a map of projection representing one of these halves.
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| latitude | the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earths surface measured on he meridian of the point.
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| longitude | angular distance east or west on the earth's surface.
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| equator | the great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the North pole and the South pole.
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| Primemeridian | the meridian ruuing through Greenwich'England' from which longitude east and west is reckoned.
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| international dateline | separates 2 consecutive calender days.
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| tropic zone | between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn; characterized by a hot climate.
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| absolute location | specific, exact point of reference, address.
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| relative location | not as specific location.
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| perspective | a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.
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| proximity | nearness in place, time, order,occurrence.
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| distance | the exact or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
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| direction | the act or an instance of directing.
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| bearing | the manner in which one condusts or carries oneself, inculding posture and gestures.
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| coordinates | of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
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| vector | the direction or coarse followed by an airplane and a missile.
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| parallel | extanding in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging
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| meridian | a great circle or the earth passing through the poles and any given piont on the earth's surface.
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| tropic of cancer | 23.5 degrees north.
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| tropic of capricorn | 23.5 degrees south.
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| cardinal directions | North,East,Southand West.
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| intermediate points | Northeast,Southeast,Southeast,Southwest and Northwest.
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| location | a place of settlement, activity, or residence.
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| place | a particular potion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
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| movement | the act, process, or result of moving.
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| human environmental interaction | how humans adapt to their environment.
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| region | an extensive, continuos part of a surface, space, or body.
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| environment | everything that surrounds both natural and manmade.
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| ecology | a unique environment.
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| adaptation | how living things live in thier unique envirment.
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| climate | average weather in a regeion over a long period of time.
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| compass rose | a similar design, often ornameented, used on maps to indicate the points of the compass.
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| legend/key | tells you specific icons on the map.
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| scale | the distance on the map.
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| equinox(2) | the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator.
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| soslstice(2) | either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest from the equator.
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| poles | North pole and the south pole.
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| GPS | a receiver that determines its position by analyzing the satellite signals it receives.
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| GIS | a geogrphy information system.
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