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16 Cards in this Set
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geography
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"earth writing"
"writing about the earth" |
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cartography
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the science of making maps
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ways to make flat world maps more accurate
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projections
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interrupted projections
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shapes and sizes of landmasses that look like cut, flattened orange peels
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Mercator
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most famous projection
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hemisphere
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half of the earth
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latitude
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lines that run parallel to the equator; also called parallels
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equator
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an imaginary line that divides the earth in to top and bottom halves. (0 degrees latitude)
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meridians
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the lines that circle the globe from north to south; also called longitude
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prime meridian
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0 degrees longitude; the main line of meridian
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cultural boundaries
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people or places that are defined according to customs or language
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continents
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7 large landmasses
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political maps
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maps that emphasize features such as country borders and names of cities
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natural boundaries
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regions that are divided according to land features, such as rivers, mountain ranges, seas
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Asia
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the largest continent
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biomes
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land environments; these are combinatiosn of temperature, rainfall, soil, and landforms that create these distinct environments.
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