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Geography vocab. terms

test wed. 9/25/02

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geographyis the study of where people,places and things are located and how they relate to one another
compass rosecardinal directions-north,south,east,west
legendshow what symbols on a map stand for
scaledescribes the size of the real world
latitude"aka" parallels that run with the equator
longitude"aka" meridans
prime meridiansdivides the earth into east,and west
mapcartographers-map makers
distortionbecause the earths round and maps are flat
phyiscal mapmap that shows things mostly created by nature
political mapmap that shows things made by people
special purpose mapmaps designed to display very spectic info.
gazeetteera dictionary or index of geograpyical names or places


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