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| cardinal directions | the main directions (north, south, east, west) |
| locator | a small map or picture that shows where the area shown on a main map is located in a state, country, continent, or in the world |
| meridians | another name for a line of longitude, an imaginary line that runs north and south on a map or globe |
| relative location | what a place is near or what is around it (2 words0 |
| longitude | an imaginary line that runs east or west on a map or globe |
| Prime Meridian | the meridian, or imaginary line of longitude that is marked 0 degrees on a map or globe (2 words) |
| intermediate directions | a direction between the cardinal directions (2 words) |
| absolute location | the exact location on Earth (2 words) |
| inset map | a small map within a larger map (2 words) |
| physical features | landforms, bodies of water, climate, soil, plant and animal life, and other natural resources (2 words) |
| geography | the study of the earth's surface |
| parallels | another name for a line of latitude, an imaginary line that runs east and west on a map or globe. |