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Chapter 1 Vocabulary

This is the vocabulary that is on your semester exam from Chapter 1 in your book.

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absolute locationuses latitude and longitude to give the exact location of a place on the globe
cardinalnorth, south, east and west
cartographerperson who makes maps
censusdetailed counting of a country's population
Equatorlatitude line measuring 0 degrees
geographystudy of the earth and people
hemisphereequal half of the globe
interactionhow people and the environment relate to and affect each other
intermediateNE, NW, SE and SW
locationwhere a place is
movementhow people, goods and ideas move from one place to another
placehuman and physical characteristics that make a place unique
Prime Meridianlongitude line measuring 0 degrees
relative locationgives the location of a place in relation to another place
topographyphysical features of the earth's surface


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