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geography | the study of earth and it's people divided into physical geography and human geography |
continents | one of the main landmasses of the globe |
ocean | the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface |
longitude/meridians | A line on a map or globe that extends north and south and shows distance from the prime meridian |
latitude/parallels | A line on a map or a globe that extends east and west and shows distance from the equator. |
Equator | An imaginary line that circles the globe at its widest point. |
hemisphere | Half of the earth-The Northern and Southern hemispheres of the earth are divided by the equator. The Eastern anhd Western hemispheres are divided by the prime meridian. |
prime meridian | The imaginary line that cuts the earth in half running north and south-Zero degree longitude, runs through Greenwich, England. |
cardinal directions | The four major directions on a compass-north, south, east, and west. |
key/legend | That which explains the symbols on maps and globes. |