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| absolute location | The intersection of latitude and longitude |
| atlas | A book of maps or navigation charts |
| cardinal direction | One of the four principal directions on a compass: north, south, east, or west. |
| compass rose | A figure on a map that displays the cardinal directions. |
| cartogram | The visual representation statistical data in the form of a map. |
| cartography | The art and science of making maps or navigational charts. |
| contiguous | Connected together to form an unbroken sequence or area. |
| degrees | A measure for arcs and angles; there are 360 degrees in a circle (or a globe). |
| distortion | To alter the original shape, size, proportion, or other feature of an object. |
| equator | Location on the Earth that has a latitude of 0 degrees |
| Five Themes of Geography | Location, Place, Region, Movement, and Human- Environmental Interaction. |
| GIS | Computer-generated maps that show different types of data for the same geographic area, w |
| geography | The study of earth’s features, processes, and systems – both natural and human. |
| geology | The scientific study of the origin, structure, chemical composition, and history of the Earth. |
| globe | three dimensional, scale representation of a large, spherical object |
| great circle route | The route which follows the shortest arc of a great circle between two points. |
| hemisphere | A half of the earth, |
| human geography | study of the earth’s people |
| International Date Line | Line of longitude 180 ̊ East and West of the Prime Meridian (0 ̊). The date is one day earlier to the east of the line |
| latitudes (parallels) | The angular distance, measured in degrees (north or south), of the earth's Equator (0 ̊), to the North Pole (90 ̊ N), or the South Pole (90 ̊ S) . |
| longitude (meridians) | Angular distance on the earth's surface, measured east or west from the Prime Meridian (0 ̊), at Greenwich, England and extending to the International Date Line (180 ̊). |
| map | A two-dimensional,visual representation of an area. |
| map projection | Any means of representing three-dimensional information (e.g. – Earth), on a two-dimensional surface (like a map), using a grid of lines; latitude and longitude. |
| meteorology | The branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, esp. as a means of forecasting the weather. |
| Prime Meridian | The earth's zero degree of longitude, which by convention passes through. |
| Tropic of Cancer | Furthest northern parallel (latitude line), where the sun's rays will shine directly overhead on the summer solstice (winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere), located at 23.5°North. |
| Tropic of Capricorn | Furthest southern parallel (latitude line), where the sun's rays will shine directly overhead on the summer solstice (winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere), located at 23.5°South. |
| topography | The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area. |
| special purpose map | Many kinds of maps convey much more specific information, often on a single topic, than general-purpose maps. |
| relative location | The location of a place in relation to another place Example: the United States is South of Canada |
