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Geography Vocabulary 09
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Geography
7th Grade
08/15/2008

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Term
Geography
Definition
The study of Earth’s environment and how it shapes people’s lives and how Earth is shaped in turn by people’s activities.
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Latitude
Definition
distance north and south of the equator; measured by a set of lines, or parallels, that run east and west around the Earth.
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Parallels
Definition
in geography, any line of latitude north and south of the equator; they never cross or meet
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Cardinal direction
Definition
the directions north, south, east and west
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Scale
Definition
a unit of measure on a map, such as an inch that is used to represent a distance on Earth
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Degrees
Definition
in geography, a unit of measurement that indicates the distance between line of latitude and longitude;a unit of measurement
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Region
Definition
an area with common features that set it apart from other areas
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Prime Meridian
Definition
the line of longitude marked 0 degrees on the world map, from which longitude East and and West measured.
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Compass rose
Definition
a drawing on a map that shows directions.
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Symbol
Definition
anything that stands for something else
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Map key
Definition
a list of map symbols that tells what each symbol stands for.
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Continent
Definition
one of Earth’s seven large bodies of land
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Equator
Definition
an imaginary line circling Earth halfway between the North and South poles and dividing the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
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Longitude
Definition
distance east and west of the Prime Meridian measured by a set of imaginary lines, or meridians, that run north and south from Earth’s poles
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Meridian
Definition
any line of longitude east or west of Earth’s Prime Meridian.
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