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14 Cards in this Set
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Place |
Where a place is and it's special features |
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Location |
Where you are on the globe |
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Human/Environment Interaction |
Where ever humans have lived or traveled, aand what they've changed |
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Movement |
How people, ideas, goods, and objects get from one place to another |
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Region |
An area that shares common characteristics |
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Geography |
The study of earth and the natural things on it |
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Absolute Location |
The exact position of a place on the earths surface |
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Hemisphere |
One half of the globe; the equater divides the globe into the Northern and Southern hemispheres or halves |
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Latitude |
Imaginary lines that run north or south across the globe; aka parallels |
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Longitude |
Imaginary line that run east and west across the globe; aka meridians |
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Grid System |
Imaginary lines on the earths surface formed by the crisscrossing of the Latitude and Longitude lines |
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Relative Location |
The position of a place on the earths surface in relation to another |
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Prime Meridian |
It's a starting line located at 0° longitude, across from the International Date Line located at 180° longitude |
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Equator |
An imaginary line that divides the the globe in into two hemispheres or halfs located at 0°latitude; the North and South Poles both being at 90° latitude |