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Geography Vocabulary
Word | Definition |
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Map | a tool used to find locations |
map key | symbol chart on map |
cartographer | map maker |
globe | round/spherical map of the Earth |
equator | main latitude line around the middle of the Earth. 0 degrees |
latitude | Imaginary lines on the Earth that are horizontal. They show locations North and South of the equator |
longitude | Imaginary line on the Earth that run vertical. They show locations East and West of the equator |
continents | largest bodies of land don the Earth |
prime meridian | Main longitude line running through Greenwich, England. 0 degrees |
hemisphere | Half of a sphere or half of the Earth |
compass rose | symbol on a map that shows the cardinal directions |