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13 Cards in this Set
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North and South Geographic
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Reference points.
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Equator
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Divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
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Parallels
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Circles that run east and west around the world.
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Latitude
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Measured north to south.
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Minutes
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One minute of latitude equals 1.85km.
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Seconds
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Each minute is divided into 60 equal parts.
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Meridians
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Used to establish east-west locations.
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Prime Meridian
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Passes through Greenwich, England.
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Longitude
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Measured east to west.
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Great Circle
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Any circle that divides the globe into halves.
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Geomagnetic Poles
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Poles of the imaginary magnet.
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Magnetic Declination
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The compass needle points.
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Ture North
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The direction of the geographic North pole.
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