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Geography vocabulary terms

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Map that shows the natural features like landforms and bodies of water

Physical Map

15

Map that shows features and boundaries that humans have created like countries and states

Political Map

25

Half of the earth

Hemisphere

15

The center line of longitude

Prime Meridian

15

The center line of latitude

Equator

15

Shows the directions North, South, East, and West

Compass Rose

15

A key that explains what the symbols and colors on the map represent

Legend

15

Shows how much distance on Earth is represented by distance on the map

Scale

15

Imaginary lines that measure how far East or West you are of the Prime Meridian

Longitude

20

Imaginary lines that measures how far North or South you are of the Equator

Latitude

15

Grouping places together based on common characteristics

Region

25

How and why people, ideas, and animals move from place to place

Movement

15

How the humans and the environment affect each other

Human-Environment Interaction

15

Characteristics that describe a location

Place

20

Locating a place based on what is close by

Relative Location

15

The exact point where a place is located

Absolute Location

15