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geography lesson 1

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geography   the study of physical biological and culture features of the earth  
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perspective   the way a person looks at something  
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landscapes   scenery of places, including physical human and cultural features  
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cartography   study of maps and mapmaking  
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meterology   study of the weather  
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region   area with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas  
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formal region   region with one or more common feature that make it different from others  
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functional region   region made of different places that are linked and function as a unit  
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preception   our awareness and understanding of the environment around us  
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perceptual regions   regions that reflect human feelings and attitude  
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grid   lines crossing each other in uniform intervals to create a pattern of squares  
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latitude   lines on the globe in an east west direction and measured in degrees  
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longitude   lines on the globe in an north south direction and measured in degrees  
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equator   imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the north and south pole  
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parallels   lines of latitude  
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meridians   lines of longitude  
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prime meridian   imaginary lines drawn from the north pole through green which england to the south pole  
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degrees   units used to measure distance between parallels and between meridians  
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hemisphere   line of the globe divided by the equator and prime meridian  
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continents   large landmasses on earths surface  
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atlas   collection of maps in one book  
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map projections   different ways of representing a round earth on a flat map  
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great circle route   shortest route of between any two places on the planet  
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compose rose   map element with the arrows pointing in all four principal directions  
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legend   map key  
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cotiguous   connecting or bordering  
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precipitation   condensed droplets of water that fall as rain, snow, sleet, or hiar  
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topography   elevation, layout, and shape of the land  
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climate graphs   graphs showing average temperature and precipitation in a place  
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population pyrimads   graphs showing the percentage of the males and females by age group in country's population  
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