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| Geography | The science of studying the earth and all of its features (such as landforms, bodies of water, cultures of people, and how people interact with their environment) |
| Latitude and Longitude | The invisible lines that run east and west/north and south to form an imaginary grid over the planet earth and are used for finding locations |
| Degrees | The unit of measurement used for latitude and longitude; the symbol is a small circle found to the upper right of a coordinate |
| Absolute Location | When we use latitude and longitude lines to find a place's exact position on earth it is called this. |
| Cardinal Directions | North, South, East, and West |
| Intermediate Directions | Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast |
| Hemisphere | Half of the earth or half of a sphere |
| Equator | 0° degrees latitude line |
| Prime Meridian | 0° degrees longitude line |
| Cartography | The science of creating or designing maps |
| Compass Rose | Tool on a map that shows cardinal directions and intermediate directions |
| Five Themes of Geography | Location, Place, Movement, Regions, Human Environment Interaction |
| Archaeology | The science of studying ancient history or prehistory |
| Artifact | An ancient object such as an arrowhead, a bone, tool, or weapon that tells us about the past |
| Radiocarbon Dating | The scientific process of determining how old organic material is |
