"geography", "study of the earth" "absolute location", "exact spot on the earth; uses grids and numbers" "relative location", "general directions (like you'd give to family)" "physical map", "shows land forms on earths surface (mountains, deserts, rivers...)" "political map", "shows government borders, capital cities" "hemisphere", "half the earth" "quadrant", "a fourth of the world (NC is in the NW quadrant)" "longitude", "long lines, drawn from the N & S poles; divides the earth into West and East" "Prime Meridian", ""zero" longitude line through Greenwich, London, England. You are either east or west of London!" "cartographer", "map maker" "latitude", "lines that divide the earth from the center to the poles. (flat)" "equator", "center latitude line, divides the earth in half. You are either N or S of the equator." "Tropic of Cancer", "band of hot climate NORTH Latitude about 23 degrees north of the equator" "Tropic of Capricorn", "band of hot climate SOUTH Latitude about 23 degrees south of the equator" "map projection", "The unique way a cartographer shows a round globe on a FLAT map." "temperate", "mild, average, medium climate" "polar", "very cold climate" "tropics", "hot climate"
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