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23 Cards in this Set
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Cartographer
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a person who makes maps.
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Circle route
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A high-frequency bus service connecting major shopping centres, universities, schools and colleges.
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Hemisphere
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A half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles
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Latitude
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The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes
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Equator
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An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°
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Longitude
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The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial
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Prime Meridian
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The earth's zero of longitude, which by convention passes through Greenwich, England.
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Absolute location
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a way of describing the position of an object or place, perhaps (but not limited to) on the surface of the earth
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Northern Hemisphere
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The half of the earth that is north of the equator.
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Southern Hemisphere
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The half of the earth that is south of the equator.
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Eastern Hemisphere
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The half of the earth that contains Europe
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Compass Rose
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A circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart.
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Scale
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a ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map
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Physical map
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A map is a visual representation of an area-a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes
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Topography
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A detailed description or representation on a map of such features
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Relief map
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A map indicating hills and valleys by shading rather than by contour lines alone
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Political map
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A map is a visual representation of an area-a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes
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Ecosystem
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A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
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Uses for geography
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The world in spatial terms
places and regions physical systems human system environment and society The use of geography |
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Past environment/politics
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The social science that deals with political science and economics as a unified subject; the study of the interrelationships between political and economic processes.
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Society/culture
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The totality of social relationships among humans
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Economies
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The wealth and resources of a country or region, esp. in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services
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Mapping
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An operation that associates each element of a given set (the domain) with one or more elements of a second set (the range).
Statistics The practice or science of collecting and analyzing numerical data in large quantities. |
