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| geography | the study of Earth's surface including the physical characteristics and the people who live on Earth. Also, how people interact with their environment. |
| latitude | distance, measured in degrees. it is the distance from the Equator. |
| parallel | another name for a line of latitude. These are imaginary lines that circle the globe east to west. These imaginary lines never meet. |
| degree | this is the measurement we use to find a location. One degree of latitude is equal to about 70 miles. |
| Equator | an imaginary line that circles the globe at its widest point dividing the Earth into two halves. It measures zero degrees latitude |
| longitude | distance, measured in degrees. It is the distance from the Prime Meridian |
| meridian | another name for lines of longitude. These are imaginary lines that circle the globe north to south. These lines meet at the poles. |
| Prime Meridian | "first meridian". This line of longitude measures zero degrees. It is celebrated in Greenwich, England because the Prime Meridian runs through that city. |
| plain | a landform, a region of flat or gently rolling land like those found in the western United States. |
| globe | a spherical model of Earth that shows the continents and oceans in their true shapes |
| scale | the size of an area on a map as compared with the area's actual size |
| distortion | a misrepresentation of the true shape: each map projection used by a cartographer produces some distortion. |
| projection | a representation of the Earth's rounded surface on a flat surface |
| compass rose | a map feature that usually shows the four cardinal directions |
| cardinal direction | one of the four compass points: north, south, east, and west |
| key | the section of the map that explains the symbols for the map features, also called legend |
