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23 Cards in this Set
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Longitude
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Angular degrees based on the Prime Meridian (0 degrees longitude) at Greenwich, London; degrees are east or west of Greenwich and meet in the Pacific Ocean at 180 degrees.
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Latitude
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Angular degrees based on the equator; the equator is 0 degrees latitude and the North Pole is 90 degrees North while the South Pole is 90 degrees south.
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Continent
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The major land masses of the earth.
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Ocean
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The largest bodies of water on the planet. There are five oceans that are all connected as one world ocean.
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Sea
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Either a very large lake that contains salt water or a portion of an ocean (can be surrounded by water or surrounded by land).
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River
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A river is a large stream that flows over land. It is often a perennial (year-round) water body and usually flows in a specific channel, with a considerable volume of water.
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Bay
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Any wide indentation of the land. Larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
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Mountain Range
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a long connected chain of mountains and hills
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Plateau
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A plateau is a large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land
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Valley
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a long, narrow hollow in the Earth's surface lying between two higher areas
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Plains
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large, flat or level areas of land
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Ice Caps
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A perennial cover of ice and snow on a flat land mass
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Tundra
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a cold, treeless area
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Forrest
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trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
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Grassland
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land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
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Desert
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arid land with little or no vegetation
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Island
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a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
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Absolute Location
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A point on the earth's surface expressed by a coordinate system such as latitude and longitude.
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Relative Location
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A location of a place in relation to another place
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Population
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the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place
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map
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A graphic representation of the earth's surface.
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Legend
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a small table accompanying the map that explains the symbols that are used on the map.
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Spatial Integration
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the process whereby the settlement frontier is eliminated through the creation of trade areas and the establishment of ties with the core areas and the surrounding communities
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