AP Human Geo Vocab
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| Latitude/parallel | Imaginary lines that run around the globe from east to west
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| Longitude/meridian | Imaginary lines that begin at the North Pole and end at the South Pole
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| Cardinal directions | North, South, East, and West
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| North pole | Northern most point on axis
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| South pole | Southern most point on axis
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| Equator | The line of latitude that is halfway between the poles
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| Globe/sphere | 3D circle
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| Hemisphere | Half of a globe (taken at the prime meridian or equator)
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| Prime meridian | The line of longitude that divides the Earth in "half," almost runs through London
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| International Date Line | On the other side of the Prime Meridian, 180 degrees West/East
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| Rotation | Earth spinning on its axis
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| Revolution | Earth orbiting the Sun
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| 23^1/2 degree tilt | The tilt of the axis compared to the Sun
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| Tropic of Cancer | The Northern most 23 and half degree place the sun shines directly
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| Tropic of Capricorn | The Southern most 23 and half degree place the sun shines directly
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| Summer Solstice | The longest day of sunlight
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| Winter Solstice | The shortest day of sunlight
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| Vernal Equinox | Spring equal hours day
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| Autumnal Equinox | Fall equal hours day
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| Artic Circle | 23 and a half degree circle extending from North Pole 67 degrees N
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| Anartic Circle | 23 and a half degree circle extending from South Pole
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| Map distortion | The inevitable distortion that occurs when going from a globe to a map
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| Map types | physical: shows natural features
political: man made divisions of space
thematic: statistics
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| Cartographer | Map maker
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| "TALDOGS" | Title, author, legend/key, date, orientation, grid, scale
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| Great circle route | Shortest distant between two points on a globe
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| Time zones | 24 time zones, 4 in the US (EST, CT, RMT, PT)
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| Greenwich Mean Time | Time for pilots and in Greenwich, England
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| Elevation | The measure of high or low a point is compared to sea level
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| Tides | The eb and flow of the ocean due to the moon's gravity
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| Mile | 5280 feet = 1.6 km
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| KM | 1000 m = .6 mi
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