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| Geography | the study of the world, its people, and the landscape they create |
| social scientist | studies people and how they live |
| landscape | the human and physical features that make a place unique |
| local level | a neighborhood or a community |
| regional level | a part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas |
| global level | the relationships and interactions of people from different regions |
| geographers tools | globes, maps, charts, satellite images, tape recorders, notebooks, cameras |
| location | describes where something is |
| absolute location | a specific spot, an address or coordinates |
| relative location | a general discription of where something is, usually in relation to somewhere or something else |
| place | an areas landscape, the things that make it distinct from some other place |
| region | areas that share common characteristics, either physical or human |
| movement | the study of how, why, and where, people, products, and ideas move about the Earth |
| human-environmental interaction | the study of how people use and affect their environment |
| physical geography | the study of the world's physical features to learn how the world works |
| human geography | the study of the world's people, communities, and landscapes |
| equator | the line of latitude that separates the Northern and Southern hemispheres |
| prime meridian | the line of longitude that separates the Eastern and Western hemispheres |
| Tropic of Cancer | the northern latitude boundary of the tropical zone |
| Tropic of Capricorn | the southern latitude boundary of the tropical zone |
