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Five Themes of Geography

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Line that are east-west circles around the globelatitude
Lines of latitudeparallels
Lines of latitude divide the globe into units called what?degrees
In the middle of the globe is a parallel which is 0 degreesEquator
Lines that cirlce the globe from north-southlongitude
Lines of longitude are also called what?meridians
This longitude line measures 0 degrees and runs through Greenwich, England.Prime Meridian
Region of flat landplain
Name of the Five Themes of Geography.Location, Place, Human-Environmental Interaction, Movement, and Region
Name the two types of locationabsolute and relative location
Exact position on the Earthabsolute location-example address
Explains where a place is by describing what it is near.relative location- located in the South
This theme describes physical and human features of an areaPlace
Landforms, bodies of water, climatePlace-Physical
Language, religion, culturePlace-Human
This theme describes how people affect their environment.Human-Environmental Interaction
Example of HEIdepend, adapt, modify
Theme of geography that explains how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to anotherMovement
Theme of geography that makes comparisonsRegion

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