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thinking like a geographer vocab

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a book with maps   atlas  
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height above sea level   elevation  
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study of the earth and people   geography  
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latitude line 66 1/2 degrees north   arctic circle  
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latitude line 66 1/2 degrees south   antarctic circle  
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map that shows specific info like climate or population   thematic map  
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measures distacne on maps   scale bar  
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north, south, east, west   cardinal directions  
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distance between two places in real life and on a map   map scale  
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half of the earth   hemisphere  
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the main line of latitude   equater  
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circle shaped graph shows whole divide   circle graph  
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a ball that looks like the earth   globe  
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as much people in one place   population  
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a graph that compares info   bar graph  
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a way to show cities, capitals, mountians etc..   map key  
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a way to show direction on a map   compass rose  
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type of weather   climate  
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body of water that extends to the shoreline   bay  
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moving streams on the water   currents  
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a land or place   land form  
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part of the body of water that is biger than a bay   harber  
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violent tropical storm with high wind and heavy rain fall   hurricane  
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a land surrounded by a body of water   island  
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small onland body of water   lake  
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cold climate with high elevation like a mountain   high land climate  
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warm and rainy   tropical climate  
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movments in air   wind  
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caused by the combination of temperture wind and water   El Nino  
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eastern winds become strong and the opposite of el nino   La Nina  
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dry like areas with little of rain cold temperture to hot fast   dry climate  
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funnel shaped deadly wind storm that could happen in a bad storm   tornado  
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tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn   tropics  
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huge land that goes high up   mountain  
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a series of mountains touching   mountain range  
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seasonal wind that blows over a continent for a long period of time   monsoon  
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unpredictable changes in the air that can take place in a long or short period of time   weather  
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body of land into a lake or ocean surrounded by three sides of water   piniinsula  
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area of low land at low elevation covered with grass   plain  
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flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 3oo-3,ooo ft.   plateau  
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place with natuarl occurring like landforms, climate, and resources   physical feature  
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large natural stream of water that runs through land   river  
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large body of water like ocean   sea  
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narrow stretch of water joining two large bodies of water   strait  
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one of the four major bodies of salt water   ocean  
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mountian created as liquad rock and ash comes from the center of earth and erups   volcano  
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area of lowland between hills and mountains   valley  
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lines that run through the north and south on the globe or map   longitude  
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when latitude and longitude lines cross each other   grid system  
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shows climate or weather patterns in a specific place   climograph  
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makes comparisonusing symbols or pictures   pictographs  
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how far and in what direction one place is to another   relative location  
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a map showing people and made boundaries   political map  
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a map that shows elevation   physical map  
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wide strait or water way betwee two land masses that lie close to each other   channel  
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long periods of extreme dryness and water shortage   drought  
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hight above sea level   elevation  
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average amount of people per square mile   population density  
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a graphic way to presenting info in an orginized way   chart  
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name for a hurricane in asia   typhoon  
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part of a large body of water that exstends inland larger than a bay   gulf  
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temperture climate extend from 231/2degrees north to 60 degrees north and from 23 1/2 degrees south to 60 degrees south   mid-latitude cliamte  
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the exact position of a place on earth   absolute location  
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