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| The study of Earth's land, water, people and other living things | Geography |
| Earth's largest bodies of land | Continents |
| North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, Antarctica | Earth's 7 Continents |
| A large body of water that is saline. | Ocean |
| Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic, and Arctic | Earth's 5 Major Oceans |
| Where a place is in relation to another location. | Relative Location |
| Tells exactly where a place is located. | Exact Location |
| The earth has four of these (northern, southern, eastern, and western) | hemispheres |
| Imaginary lines that circle the globe east and west. | Latitude Lines |
| Imaginary lines that circle the globe north and south. | Longitude Lines |
| Latitude and Longitude lines cross each other at certain points. Where they cross is ...? | Exact location |
| An imaginary line that divides the Earth into norhern and southern hemispheres. | Equator |
| An imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres. | Prime Meridian |
| Zero degrees latitude (0°) | Equator |
| Zero degrees longitude (0°) | Prime Meridian |
| This part of a map tells you what kind of information will be found on the map. | Map Title |
| A circle cut into quarters and printed on a chart to show direction. | Compass Rose |
| The four main directions. | Cardinal Directions |
| North, South, East, and West | Cardinal Directions |
| The four directions in between the main directions. | Intermediate directions |
| Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, and Northwest | Intermediate directions |
| This part of a map helps you determine the distance between places. | Map Scale |
| This part of the map uses symbols that stand for things such as cities, rivers, forests, and mountains. | Map Legend / Map Key |
| This part of a map is a smaller map on the main map that has a more detailed view of just part of a map. | Map Inset |
| soil, plants, animals, and climates | Physical Features |
| The weather over a long period of time. | Climate |
| Physical features that are made by nature. | Landforms |
| deserts, canyons, plateaus, and mountains | Physical Features / Landforms |
| How much rain or snow the land receives. | Precipitation |
| Rain or snow changing into water vapor. | Evaporate |
| How high the land is above sea level. | Elevation |
