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| Geography | involves the study of where people, places and things are located, the ways that different things relate to each other at specific places, and the ways that places are connected, |
| absolute location | the position on the the earth in which a place can be found |
| Equator | An imaginary line that circles the globe, divides the earth into two halves called hemispheres |
| hemispheres | A half of the earth;the Equator divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres |
| latitude | series of imaginary lines, also called parallels, use to measure the distance north and south of the Equator in degrees |
| longitude | series of imaginary lines, also called meridians, that run north and south from one pole to the other; used to measure the distance east and west of the Prime Meridian in degrees |
| Prime Meridian | An imaginary line of longitude that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England |
| relative location | The position of a placein relation to another place. |
