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| geography | the study of earth and its people |
| continent | one of the 7 large landmasses of earth |
| landform | a naturally formed feature of earth's land surface |
| climate | the pattern of weather conditions in a certain location over a long period of time |
| vegetation | the plant life of an area |
| theme | topics of discussion |
| precise | very definite or exact |
| interaction | when 2 or more things affect each other |
| influence | to have an effect or impact on something |
| longitude | imaginary lines that measure distances east and west of the prime meridian |
| latitude | imaginary lines that measure distances north and south of the equator |
| hemisphere | an equal half of the globe |
| political map | a map showing features people have created |
| physical map | a map showing landforms and bodies of water |
| thematic map | a map showing a distribution or pattern |
| sophisticated | complicated or complex |
| artifact | a human-made object |
| fossil | a preserved remain of early life |
| hominid | a human or human like creature that walks on two feet |
| Paleolithic Age | an era lasting from about 2.5 million to 8000 BC |
| Mesolithic Age | an era lasting from about 10,000BC to 6000 BC |
| neolithic | an era lasting from about 8000BC to 3000BC |
| quarry | an open pit from which stones are taken |
| primary source | something written or created by a person who witnessed a historical event |
| secondary source | an account of a historical event written by someone who did not witness the event |
| oral history | an unwritten account of an event |
