World Geography
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dyerme on September 5, 2010
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Social studies, Mr. Flaherty Geography, Mapping the World, EAST STUDIES EVERYTHING THERE IS!!!!!!, Mrs. Dyer
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 latitude | distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees |
| longitude | distance in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian |
| Prime Meridian | 0 degrees longitude |
| Equator | 0 degrees latitude |
| Arctic Circle | 66.5 degrees north latitude |
| Antarctic Circle | 66.5 degrees south latitude |
| Tropic of Cancer | 23.5 degrees north latitude |
| Tropic of Capricorn | 23.5 degrees south latitude |
| compass rose | a symbol on the map that gives cardinal and intermediate directions |
| cardinal directions | north, south, east, west |
| intermediate directions | northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest |
| continent | one of the seven large landmasses on the earth |
| hemisphere | half of the world or globe |
| map | a two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it. |
| globe | a round model of the Earth |
| atlas | a book of maps |
| legend | explanatory list of symbols on a map |
| scale | used to compare distance on a map or globe to distance on earth's surface |
| physical map | a map that shows landforms and waterways, along with changes in elevation |
| political map | a map that shows man-made features such as city, state and country boundaries |
| thematic map | a map that shows a particular theme or topic |
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