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Map vocabulary ch.1 sec.1,2,3
ch.1 sec.1,2 and 3 cartographer to Regions
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| Latitude | lines north and south |
| absolute location | the exact position, global address |
| longitude | lines east and west |
| immigrants | people who enter a country to settle |
| regions | areas that have something in common |
| cartographer | mapmaker |
| equator | located at O degrees latitude |
| hemispheres | halves of the earth |
| continents | 7 land masses |
| physical map | shows natural features |
| political map | shows cities, states and nations |
| grid | latitude and longitude cross |
| scale | shows distance on a map |
| legend | symbols used to read a map |
| International Dateline | exactly opposite the Prime Meridian |
| Prime Meridian | crosses London |
| continent contains U.S. | North America |
| Smallest Continent | Australia |
| Largest Continent | Asia |
| 5 themes of geography | location, movement, human/ environment |
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