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| Place | Characteristics of a location |
| Culture | The total of all things created by a group of people through living together for an extended time period |
| Globe | A 3-D scale map of the world |
| Small Scale | Showing little detail |
| Large Scale | Showing much detail |
| Maps | 2D projection of the earth |
| Confirmal | Shows true shape |
| Equal Area | Accurate size comparison |
| Relief | Portrays topopgraphy |
| Equidistant | The true distances between points |
| Great Circle | Anline which when completed around a sphere, divides the sphere into 2 parts. A segment of a great circle is ALWAYS the shortest distance between 2 locations |
| Equator | Place which recieves most direct sunlight, the only place the have 12 hrs of day and 12hrs of night everyday day. Only line of latitude to be a great circle. |
| Prime Merridian | Imaginary line running through Greenwhich England, because of the Royal Observortory. It is 0 degrees Longtitude. |
| Region | Places with similar culture and geography |
| AM | Ante Merridian, "After Midnight" |
| PM | Post Merridian, "Preceeding Midnight" |
| International Dateline | What separates one day from another |
| Timezone | Each timezone is 15 degrees, but NOT straight because of living conviences. |
| Map Projection | A grid of lines projected onto one of several geometrical surfaces. |
| Cylindrical projection | A Mercator map |
| Loxodrome | Lines of true direction |
| Azimuthal Projections | Equal distance from its central point to any other point on the map. |
| Conic Projections | Used to depict hemispheres. |
| Cartogram | Map of which the size of areas is based on a measure other than space |
| Cartographer | Map maker |
| Physical Map | Shows river, mountains, etc. Sometimes elevation. It does not show territorial boarders |
| Political Map | Shows territorial boarders |
| Society | People of a culture |
| Habitat | Where a species lives |
| Geography | study of people and interaction with earth in a changing world |
