Geo Terms
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Absolute Location | The exact place on on a map
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| Relative Location | Where one place is compared to another place
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| Latitude | Imaginary lines that run from east to west
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| Parallels | Lines of Latitude
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| Longitude | Imaginary Lines that run North to South
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| Meridians | Lines of Longitude
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| Equator | Parallel of latitude that runs through the middle of the earth at 0°
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| Tropic of Cancer | Parallel of latitude that is at 23.5° North
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| Tropic of Capricorn | Parallel of latitude that is at 23.5° South
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| Arctic Circle | Parallel of latitude that is at 66.5° North
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| Antarctic Circle | Parallel of latitude that is at 66.5° South
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| Prime Meridian | Meridian of Longitude that is a 0° and runs through Greenich England
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| International Date Line | Meridian of Longitude that runs through the Pacific Ocean opposite the Prime Meridian
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| Compass Rose | The symbol that shows direction
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| Map Scale | The graph that shows how distances are represented
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| Distortion | Errors in size and shape when a sphere globe is put on a flat map
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