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| Geography | the study of the earth and its people
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| absolute location | the exact spot on Earth where a geographic feature (such as a city or mountain)is found
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| relative location | the location of a feature in relation to the features around it
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| physical feature | land areas, bodies of water, plant life, and available resources of an area
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| GPS | a system that uses satellites and radio signals to determine the exact location of places on Earth
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| globe | a round model of the earth that shows its shape, landforms, and directions as they relate to one another
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| map | a flat drawing of all or part of the Earth's surface
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| latitude | imaginary circles that run east to west around the globe and divide the globe into units called degrees
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| Equator | circles the middle of the Earth half way between the North and South Poles
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| longitude | imaginary lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole; also called meridians
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| Prime Meridian | line at 0 degrees longitude which runs through Greenwich, England
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| hemisphere | half of a sphere
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