| Term | Definition |
|---|
| political map | A map showing units such as countries, states, provinces, districts, etc. Each is normally a different color |
| physical map | shows what the surface of the Earth looks like; landforms and bodies of water |
| cardinal directions | North, South, East, and West |
| absolute direction | exact location shown by degrees latitude and longitude |
| relative location | telling where one place is by referring to another |
| geography | the study of the Earth's surface and the priocesses that shape it, the connections between places, and the relationships between people and their environment. |
| latitude | parallel lines running east to west and measure north and south of the equator |
| Tropic of Cancer | 23.5 degrees North |
| Tropic of Capricorn | 23.5 degrees South |
| arctic circle | 66.5 degrees N latitude |
| antarctic circle | 66.5 degrees S latitude |
| longitude | line running from north to south pole; measures distances east to west |
| Prime Meridian | used to define the 24 zones; 0 degrees longitude |
| Equator | 0 degrees latitude, an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles |
| hemisphere | earth has 4 hemispheres; North, South, East, West |
| Tropics | area between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn |
| middle latitude | an area of the world between the tropics and arctic and antarctic circle |
| ethnocentric | looking at world from one cultures' perspective |
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