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| Maps and globes | are like pictures of the world |
| Maps show | rivers, mountains, cities, villages |
| Globes show | continents & oceans |
| Globes are | more precise. |
| Latitude runs | east and west. |
| Longitude runs | north and south. |
| Latitude lines start | at the equator. |
| Longitude lines start | at the Prime Meridian. |
| Each time zone is | 15 degrees apart. |
| The International Date Line | is 180 degrees from the Prime Meridian. |
| The Tropic of Cancer | is north of the Equator. |
| The Tropic of Capricorn | is south of the Equator. |
| Road, political and physical are | types of maps. |
| Political maps | show boundaries of countries. |
| Physical maps | show the area topography. |
| Thematic maps | show specialized information. |
| A Compass Rose shows | the cardinal directions. |
| North, south, east and west are | cardinal directions. |
| A legend is | the key to the map symbols. |
| The title is | the most important part of the map. |
| Africa, Asia, Antarctica, North America, South Americal, Australia and Europe are | the seven continents. |
| Landforms created by Tectonic Activity are | primary landforms. |
| The layers of the earth are | the core, the mantel & the crust. |
| Seconday landforms are | created by forces of nature. |
| Rivers carve out and | reshape the land. |
| Almost 71% of the earth | is covered in water. |
| The major oceans are | the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic. |
| Only 3% of earth's water | is fresh water. |
| Glaciers hold up tp | 75% of the earth's fresh water. |
| Water is polluted by | industrial waste, thermal pollution, garbage and chemicals. |
