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| latitude | lines running east to west that measure distances north or south of the equator |
| longitude | lines running north to south that measure distances east or west of the prime meridian |
| equator | 0' latitude, imaginary circle around the Earth that is the same distance from the N. and S. Poles; diides Earth in half |
| prime meridian | 0' longitude; that runs from north to south pole, and passes through Greenwich, England |
| conic projection | a map projection in which an area of the earth is projected onto a cone whose vertex is usually above one of the poles, then unrolled onto a flat surface. |
| Mercator projection/ cyllindrical projection | makes Greenland look larger than Australia; known for gridlines |
| flat plane projection | a map projection in which a region of the earth is projected on to a plane tangential to the surface, usually at a pole or the equator. |
| political map | shows boundaries between countries or states |
| hemisphere | half of the earth |
| Greenwich, England | city that the prime meridian goes through |
| absolute location | determined by longitude and latitude |
| relative location | location of a place in relation to somewhere else |
| regions | divisions of the world based on physical features or human characteristics |
| parallels | other name for lines of latitude |
| meridians | other name for lines of longitude |
| cartographers | map makers |
| meteorology | the study of the weather |
| region | area that share common features |
| atlas | a collection of maps in one book |
| contiguous | connecting or bordering |
| topography | elevation, layout and shape of the land |
| population pyramids- | graphs showing the percentages of males and females by age group in a country's population |
| globes | the best representation of the Earth's surface |
| cartography | the study of maps |
| meteorologists | a person who studies the weather |
| elevation | the height of a physical feature above sea level |
| continent | large land mass on Earth's surface( there are 7 of them) |
| terrace | a flat surface built in to the hillside |
| relief | the change in elevation from one place to another |
| projection | a way of showing the earth's curved surface on a map |
| map | a 2 dimensional flat representation of the earth's surface |
| global positioning system | satelite system used to find exact location |
| geographic information systems | a computer based device that shows data about specific locations |
| geographic patterns | similarity among places |
