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Geography

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Definition
Environment   show
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Ecology   show
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Adaptation   show
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Geography   show
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Culture   show
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climate   show
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show Half the globe; NOrthern, southern, eastern or western hemishpere. From the Greek "hemi" meaning half, and "spheres" meaning ball or globe.  
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show imaginary line at the widest point around the middle of the Earth halfway between the North and South poles. 0 degrees latitude.  
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show lines of latitude  
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Prime Meridian   show
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show round model of the Earth  
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show lines of longitude  
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show imaginary line at 23.5 degrees north latitude  
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show imaginary line at 23.5 degrees south latitude  
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International Dateline   show
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show zone between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn that get the same amount of sun year-round  
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Geographer   show
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show Answers the question "Where is it?" by including either a very specific geographic address (Absolute) or a more general address(Relative)  
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Place   show
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show Traces the re-location of people, animals, plants, trade, resources, ideas, weather, tectonic plates, etc. Explains how and why movement occurs due to Push and Pull factors.  
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Human-Environmental Interaction (HEI)   show
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Region   show
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show A very specific, detailed address for a point on Earth's surface, such as (41 Degrees N, 70 Degrees West)  
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Relative Location   show
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Cultural Diffusion   show
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show related to cities and dense population centers; city  
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show related to sparsely populated, usually agricultural areas; country  
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Suburban   show
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Vector   show
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axis   show
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Cartographer   show
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show Region above 66 Degrees North Latitude  
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Antarctic Circle   show
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show Regions between the tropic zone and the Arctic Circle in the North or the Antarctic Circle in the South  
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Push factors   show
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Pull factors   show
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show Located on a map, it identifies which direction is North  
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show Color-coded box that identifies symbols on a map.  
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show Measurement ratio on a map that helps determine distance. (ex: 1 inch = 1,000 miles)  
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assimilation   show
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show Either of the two times in the year, when the sun reaches its highest (summer) or lowest (winter) point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days.  
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show From the Latin meaning "equal night". Twice yearly event (Spring and Fall) when the sun is directly over the Equator and both hemispheres get 12 hours of light and dark.  
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show The latitude(North-South) and longitude (East-West) address of an absolute location  
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proximity   show
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bearing or heading or directon   show
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show North, South, East, West  
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show NE, SE, NW, SW  
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time zones   show
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show Denotes the time along the Prime Meridian of longitude  
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