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| globe | a scale model of the earth |
| latitude | lines that measure the distance from the equator - either north or south |
| parallels | another term for latitude |
| longitude | lines that measure the distance from the Prime Meridian - east or west |
| meridians | another term for longitude |
| Prime Meridian | the imaginary line that runs through Greenwich, England - 0 degrees longitude |
| Equator | the imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South Poles |
| degrees | the unit of measure for lines of longitude and latitude |
| hemisphere | half the earth: northern, southern, eastern, western |
| International Dateline | the imaginary line that runs between the poles |
| Tropic of Cancer | 23.5 degrees north |
| Tropic of Capricorn | 23.5 degrees south |
