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10 Cards in this Set
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What is an encounter?
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A meeting, such as one between people who have never met before
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What is a monarch?
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A king or a queen
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What is the Prime Meridian?
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The meridian marked 0 . It runs north and south through Greenwich , England
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What is navigation?
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The study or act of planning and controlling the course of a ship
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What is a compass?
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An instrument to find direction. It has a needle that always points north
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What is Exploration?
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Searching the unknown
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What is a cartographer?
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A person who makes maps.
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What is the Equator?
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A parallel marked 0. It runs east and west. This latitude line divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
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What are parallels?
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East –west lines on a map or globe that are always the same distance apart, also called lines of latitude
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What are Meridians?
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North-south lines on a map or globe that run from pole to pole, also called lines of longitude
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