Chapter 1, Section2 Goegrapy

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geography

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the study of the Earth's surface and the processes that shape it; the connections between places and the relationships between people and their environment

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parallel

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any of the imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the equator; a latitude line

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degree

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a unit of measure used to determine absolute location ; on globes and mapls, latitude and longitude are measured in degrees

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longitude

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an imaginary line, also called a meridian that runs north and south from one ple to another

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meridian

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an imaginary lline that circles the globe from north to south and runs through both the North and South poles.

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Prime meridian

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an imaginary line of longitude or meridian that runs from the North pole to the south pole through Greenwich England