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List the "Five Themes of Geography" |
Movement Regions Human-Environment Interaction Location Place |
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absolute location |
a place's position on the globe |
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Equator |
an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South poles |
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formal region |
an area in which a certain characteristic is found throughout the area |
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functional region |
a central place and the surrounding places affected by it |
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geography |
the study of where people, places, and things are located and how they relate to each other |
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hemisphere |
one of two equal halves of the earth |
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latitude |
imaginary lines that run parallel to the Equator |
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longitude |
imaginary lines that run north and south |
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Prime Meridian |
an imaginary line from which other meridians are measured
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relative location |
a place's position in relation to other places |