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| legend | tells you what the symbols on the map mean |
| tropic of capricorn | 23.5 degrees south of equator |
| tropic of cancer | 23.5 degrees north of equator |
| equator | 0 degrees latitude |
| longitude | lines that meet at the Poles, also known as meridians |
| latitude | form imaginary circles around the earth, also called parallels |
| Prime Meridian | 0 degrees longitude runs through Greenwich England |
| coordinate | the exact latitude and longitude of a point on earth |
| International Date Line | 180 degrees east and west from the Prime Meridian |
| Arctic | one of earth's 5 oceans located near north pole |
| Indian | one of earth's oceans located to the east of Africa and west of Australia |
| Asia | continent where the region of the Middle East is located |
| Location | one of 5 themes; concerned with exact place of a point on earth |
| Place | one of 5 themes; concerned with physical and human features of a place |
| Region | 0ne of 5 themes; concerned with an area and its unifying characteristics |
| Interaction/Human and Environment | concerned with the environment and how people change it over time |
| Movement | concerned with the movement of people, good, and ideas |
| Distribution Map | shows how things are spread out across an area or throughout the world |
| Relative Location Map | shows the position of a place in relation to its surroundings |
| Topographic Map | shows physical features on the earth |
| Political Map | one of 3 basic types of maps shows political divisions |
| Geogrpahy | the study of the earth and people who live on it |
