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16 Cards in this Set
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Cultural geography
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The study of people and their ways.
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Physical geography
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The studies of the fetchers of earth
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Geography
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The study of the earth in all its variety.
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geographers
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people who study geography
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symbol
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A picture or drawing that represents something else
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scale
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Relationship between distance on a map and actual distance on the earth
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Map key [legend]
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code that explains the lines, symbols, and colors used on a map
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Equator
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Located at o degress latitude
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Prime merididian
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located at 0 degress longitude
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Region
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area that shares common characteristics
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Savanna
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broud grassland in the tropics with few trees
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Permafrost
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Permanently frozen lower layers of soil in the tundra and subartic regions
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Steppe
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Partly dry grassland often found on the edge of the desert
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Timberline
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Elevation along moutains above which no trees grow
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dictator
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Individual who takes control of a government and rules the country as he or she wishes
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economic system
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system that sets rules for how people decide what goods and services to produce and how they are exchanged
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