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Geography Terms

Map related vocabulary and definitions

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spherea round solid object
axisa straight line around which an object seems to turn or rotate
hemisphereone half or side of a sphere or globe
continentlarge land area
oceanslarge water areas
globemodel of the earth
equatorimaginary line that circles the earth halfway between the North and South poles
latitudethe distance north or south from the equator
longitudedistance east or west from the Prime Meridian
compass rosearrows that point out direction on a mp
gridpattern formed by line of latitude and longitud that help to locate places
map flat drawing of the earth or section of the earth
coordinatesletters and numbers along the top and bottom of a map that help you find places
titletells the subject of a map
North Polenorth of the earth
South Polesouth end of the earth


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