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| shows the borders of governments, such as countries, states, & cities |
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| Shows information of Earth's surface shape and features, such as elevation, mountain ranges, & terrain |
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| shows special information, such as populations & native species |
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| shows navigational information in a standard way, such as compass directions (N, S, E, W), roads & currents; must be the most accurate |
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| have a key/legend that define the map symbols, distance, & scale; have color |
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| the earth rotates west to east so that the sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west |
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| a timezone starts every 15° (360° / 24 hours) of longitude from 0° |
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| located at longitude 180° |
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| the study of everything on earth, from rocks & rainfall to people & places |
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| the way a person looks at something |
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| is the scenery of a place, including physical, human, & cultural |
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| the study of maps & map-making |
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| an area with one or more common features that makes it different, such as cities, states, etc. |
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| made up of different places that are linked together |
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| an area with one or more common features that makes it different from the surrounding area(s) |
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| the awareness & understanding of the environment around us |
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| regions that reflect human feelings & attitudes |
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| a pattern of lines that circle the globe (N, S, E, W) |
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| the vertical lines on a map (east to west) |
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| the lateral (horizontal) lines on a map (north to south) |
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| the line that divides the earth into northern & southern hemispheres |
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| lines of latitude that are always parallel to the equator |
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| the meridian line of 0° longitude drawn from north to south poles that runs through Greenwich, England |
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| 1/60th of a longitude or latitude |
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| two equal halves of the earth, such as the northern and southern hemispheres divided by the equator |
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| large land masses on the earth's surface |
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| a collection of maps in one book |
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| different ways to show a round earth on a flat map |
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| the shortest route between any two places on the planet |
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| arrows that point N, S, E & W on a map |
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| a key that showsthe symbols on a map & what they represent |
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| condensed drops of water that fall as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
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| describes surface shapes and features, such as elevation |
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| shows average temperature & precipitation in a place |
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| shows the percentage of males & females by age group in a country's population |
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| specially trained geographers, meteorologists, weather forecasts, local television, cartographers, teachers, etc. |
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| how do we study geography? |
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| have an idea of a region: people, places, languages, oceans, etc. |
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| location, place, hunam-environment interaction, movement, region & ? |
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| what are the two main braches of geography? |
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| the uses are to help us understand the relationship between people, places & environments over time; helps plan for future |
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| what are some of the ways we can organize our world & the study of geography? |
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| maps, cities, countries, states, roads & people |
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| how do geographers & map makers organize our world? |
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| northern, southern, eastern & western hemispheres |
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| what kind of special maps do geographers use? |
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| climate & precipitation maps, population & economic maps, elevation profiles & topographic |
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| how do geographers use climate graphs & population pyramids? |
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| to find out more about the people and the places they live in |
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