Third Western Hemisphere vocabulary quiz
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| tropics | the area on the earth between 23 1/2 degrees North and 23 1/2 South lines of latitude, where the climate is almost always hot.
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| tropical | resmbling the tropics, especially in being very hot and wet/humid.
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| vegetation | all the plant life found in an area.
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| Western Hemisphere | the half of the earth comprising(consiting of) North and South America and their surrounding waters west of the Prime Meridian.
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| Eastern Hemisphere | the half of the earth east of the Prime Meridian.
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| Northern Hemisphere | the half of the earth north of the Equator
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| coniferous trees | trees that always maintain either cones or needles at all seasons of the year, such as fir, spruce or pine.
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| deciduous trees | trees whose leaves fall off at the end of a season.
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| geographic characteristics | things that distinguish one place from another
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| human characterisitics | describe the people of a place,(past or present) and their human-made features such as buildings, languages, religions, economic activities, and political systems.
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| legend/key | explains the meaning of the symbols on the map.
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| symbols | the pictures, shapes, or colors on a map that stand for objects, places, or people.
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| coordinate | the point on a map or globe where a line of latitude and longitude cross.
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| latitude/longitude | imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance north and south of the Equator and distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.
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| meridians | a circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's suface and the terrestrial poles
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| parallel | each of the imaginary lines that show the latitudes on the earth's surface.
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