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| Geography | The study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth. |
| absolute location | the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found |
| Geographic Information Systems (GIS): | stores information about the world in a digital database. |
| lansat: | a series of satellites that orbit more than 100 miles above the earth. |
| topographic map: | representation of natural and man-made features on the earth. |
| map projection | way of drawing the earth’s surface that reduces distortion caused by presenting a round earth on flat paper |
| cartographer | mapmaker |
| maps | 2D graphic representations of selected parts of the earth |
| globe | 3D representation of the earth |
| 5 themes of geography | movement, region, human and environmental interaction, location, place |
| longitude | imaginary lines that go around the earth over the poles |
| latitude | imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator |
| prime meridian | imaginary line dividing the earth east and west |
| equator | imaginary line that divides the north and south halves |
| hemisphere | half of the globe |
| relative location | describes a place in comparison to other places around it |
