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Chapter 1.1 & 1.2
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History
6th Grade
09/13/2010

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geography
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the study of Earth and its people
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continent
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one of the seven large landmasses on Earth
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What do geographers study?
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Earth and its people
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landform
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a naturally formed feature of Earth's land surface
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largest landform is called:
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a continent
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largest body of water is called:
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an ocean
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the 5 themes of geography:
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location, place, region, movement and human-environment interaction
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location
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where is it?
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place
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what is it like?
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region
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how are places similar or different?
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movement
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how do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another?
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human-environment interaction
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how do people relate to their physical world?
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how does climate affect people's lives?
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it effects were they live, what they wear, and what they grow and eat
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climate
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the pattern of weather conditions in a certain location over a long period of time
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vegitation
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the plant life in an area
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what are geographer's tools?
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maps and globes
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longitude
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imaginary lines that measure distances east and west of the prime meridian
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latitude
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imaginary lines that measure distances north and south of the equator
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hemisphere
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an imaginary half of earth
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how do the latitude and longitude lines on a map help geographers?
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they help geographers find the absolute location of geographic features
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3 basic types of maps
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political, physical, and thematic
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political maps
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a map showing features people have created (city, state, and country boundaries)
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physical maps
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a map showing landforms and bodies of water
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thematic maps
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(informational maps) a map showing certain info about a place or region (religion, languages, climate, historical info etc.)
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