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21 Cards in this Set
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Tropic of Cancer
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located at 23 ½° N
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Arctic Circle
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located at 66 ½° N
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tropical region
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area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; the climate here is usually very warm
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Antarctic Circle
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located at 66 ½° S
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meridians of longitude
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lines that run along the globe from north to south; they are not parallel; all meridians meet at the North and South Poles
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trees, soil, water, oil, sunlight
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some of our natural resources
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parallels of latitude
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lines that circle the globe from east to west; they are parallel to the equator
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(1) geographer
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a person who studies the earth
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South Pole
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the southernmost point on the earth; it is located on Antarctica
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temperate regions
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the areas between the Tropics and the Circles; the climate here changes with the seasons
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North Pole
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the northernmost point on the earth; it is located in the Arctic Ocean
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Tropic of Capricorn
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located at 23 ½° S
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landform map
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shows how the surface of an area looks
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climate
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the normal condition of the atmosphere near the earth's surface in a particular area
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temperature and altitude
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two major influences in climate
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natural resources
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things that God put on the earth for man to use and to enjoy
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polar regions
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the areas around the Poles; the climate here is usually very cold
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Matthew Maury
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"the Pathfinder of the Seas"; he mapped the ocean currents because he read and believed Psalm 8:6-8 about the "paths of the sea"
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Roald Amundsen
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discovered the South Pole
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equator
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an imaginary line that circles the earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole; it is located at 0°
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hemisphere
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half sphere; the equator divides the earth into the Northern Hemisphere, where North America and most of the earth's land are located, and the Southern Hemisphere; the prime meridian and the international date line divide the earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere, where North America is located
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