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20 Cards in this Set
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globe
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a scale model of the earh
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grid
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the intersection of imaginary lines
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latitude
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imaginary lines that run east and west measuring the distance north or south of the equator
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parallels
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lines of latitude
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equator
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the imaginary half way point between the north and south poles 0*
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degrees
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a measurement of distance
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minutes
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a smaller measurement smaller than degrees; 60 minutes in a degree
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longatude
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imaginary lines that run north and south measuring east and west
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meridians
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lins of longitude
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prime meridian
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0* an imaginary lines that runs through Greenwich, England
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hemisphere (hemi=half)
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one of the halves of the earth as divided by the equator into north or south
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continents
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earths 7 land masses
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islands
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land surrounded completely by water that not a continent
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ocean
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a large body of salt water surfaceses
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map
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a flat diagram of part or all of the earth's surfaceses
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map projections
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different methouds of showing our round planet on flat maps
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distortion
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no info
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compass rose
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a diarection devise on maps showing north,south,east,and west
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scale
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no info
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legend
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explains the symbols on a map; a.k.a. map key
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