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What do geographers do?
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They study places, people who live there, and how they interact.
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What is an absolute location?
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An exact location on earth's surface.
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What are parallels and meridians?
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Imaginary lines that run horizontally and vertically. There numbers are used to find the absolute location.
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Be able to use latitude and longitude to find the absolute location.
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Find latitude first, then longitude.
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What are the four hemispheres?
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North
South East West |
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What hemispheres is Asia located in? What about SOuth AMerica?
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Asia is located in the North East. SOuth America is located in SOuth West.
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What is relative location?
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It is using familiar locations or landmarks to find a location.
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WHat are projections?
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A way of drawing the round earth on a flat surface.
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What are the benefits and limitations of map projections?
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One benefit is that it is more portable. A limitation is that they can distort the size, shape, distance, and direction.
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What is wrong with every projection?
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It is distorted.
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what are the 4 ways a projection can be distorted?
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DIstance, Direction, Size, Shape
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What is GPS and when and why is it used?
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GPS is a machine that can tell the exact location of an area via satellite.
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What is GIS and when and why is it used?
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Geographic Information System. It is used when you need more information about a place.
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How are GPS and GIS are different?
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GPS only gives you where it is. GIS tell you where it is and more about it.
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What is TOADSSS?
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title, orientation, author, date, scale, symbols, source
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What are political maps?
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Political maps give you the names, boundaries, and other human-made features.
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What are thematic maps?
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they focus on a single topic. it could be anything
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What are physical maps?
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they show natural features, like water and land features
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What is an enclave?
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A piece of territory that is completely surrounded by the territory of another country.
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What is an exclave?
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A non-island piece of territory that is part of one country but is separated from the rest of that country by the territory of another one.
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What does and Anthropologic border look like?
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It is a boundary based on characteristics such as language, religion, races.
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What is a physiographic border?
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Boundaries that follow landscape features such as mountain ranges.
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what is a geometric border?
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they have straight lines and dont correspond to physical features.
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what are 2 kinds of regions?
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physical feature regions and human features
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How is a region different from a country?
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a region doesnt have definite borders
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