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44 Cards in this Set
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Globe
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scale model of earth
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Map
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a sybolic represention of all or part of the planet
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Cartographers
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use mathmatic formulas to transfer information from three dementional globe to the two dementional map
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Great circle route
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an imaginary line that follows the curve of the Earth
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map projection
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to make maps cartogragphers project the round earth onto a flat surface
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Planar
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shows earth centered in such a way that a straight line coming from the senter to any other point represented the shortest distance
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Cylindrical
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its is based on the projection of the globe onto a cylinder
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Conic
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it comes from placeing a cone over part of the globe
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Interupted Projection
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resembles a globe that has been cut apart and laid flat
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Location
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Where? is the asic tool for answering the question "location"
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Grid System
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loines that cross one another forming a pattern
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Hemisphere
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is one of the halves into which the Earth is divided
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Equator
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is measured at 0 degrees latitude while the poles lie at latitudes 90 degrees
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longitudes
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medians, circle the earth from pole to pole
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prime meridian
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at 0 degrees longitude
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absolute location
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everyplace has a global adress absolute location
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Northern hemisphere
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everything north of the equator
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Southern hemisphere
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everthing south of the equator
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eastern hemisphere
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everthing east of the prime meridian
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western hemisphere
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everything west of the primemeridian
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Comapass rose
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indicates direction
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Cardinal directions
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north south east west
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intermediate directions
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northwest northeast south east south west
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scale
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is a costant proportional relationship between the measurements shown on the map and the measurements of the earth
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relative location
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or the location of one place in relation to another
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physical map
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shows location
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topography map
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shows shape or earth physical features
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political map
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hows the boundaries and locations of political units such as country states counties and towns
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human made
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determined my humans rather than nature
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thematic maps
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maps that emphasize a single idea or a particular kind of information about an area
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Qualitative maps
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maps that use colors symblos lines dots to show information ralated to a specific idea
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flow line maps
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maps that illustrate the movement of people animals goodsand ideas as well as physical processes like huricans and glaciers
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site
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refers to the specifiv location of a place including its physical setting
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situation
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is a n expression of relative location
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place
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is a particular space with physical and human meaning
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regions
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areas with similar characteristics of a region may be physical such as climate landforms soils vegetation and animal life
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formal regions
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is defined by a common characteristics such as a product produced there
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Funtional region
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is a central place and the sorrunding area linked to it
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preceptual
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is defined by popular feelings and images rather than by odjective data
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ecosystem
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is a comunity of plants and animals that depend upon one another and there sorrounding for survival
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Movement
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of people goods and ideas
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human-enviroment interaction
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of the study of the interrelationship between people and their physical enviroment
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cartography
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maker of maps
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geographic information system (GIS)
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are computer tools that process and organize data and satellite images with other types of information
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