Geography Ch 1
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Rundquistd on September 9, 2009
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These are the vocabulary terms for Chapter 1 in Mr. Rundquist's class
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cartogrophers | mapmakers |
| latitude | lines on the globe that stay paralell |
| longitude | lines on a globe that determine distances between east and west |
| the global grid | a way to find an exact location on a globe |
| Northern Hemisphere | area of a globe North of the equator |
| Southern Hemishpers | area of a globe South of the Equator |
| Eastern Hemisphere | area of a globe East of the Prime Meridian |
| Western Hemishpere | area of a globe West of the Prime Meridian |
| site | a specific location of a place including it's physical setting |
| Situation | an expression of relative location |
| Place | a particular place with physical and human meaning |
| regions | three types formal, functional, and perceptual |
| formal region | The Iron Range, The North Shore, The Twin Cities |
| functional region | a city and it's surrounding areas |
| perceptual region | The Heartland of America |
| ecosystem | a community of plants and animals that are co-dependant |
| movement | people, goods, and ideas traveling |
| Human-Enviroment interaction | How people use and change a place |
| Geographic Information systems | computer programs that organize data and relate it with satilite images |
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