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The study of Earth and the way people live on it and use it.
What is geography?
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An imaginary line, or parallel, measuring distance north or south of the equator.

What is latitude?

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A guide telling you what each symbol on a map stands for.

What is a map key?

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A map in the shape of a sphere or ball that is the most accurate representation of Earth.

What is a globe?

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One of Earth's seven large bodies of land.
What is a continent?
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Lines on a map that run from the North Pole to the South Pole

What is longitude?

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This helps you understand what colors, symbols, lines or markings on a map mean. 

What is a map scale?
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There are seven of these on Earth.
What is a continent?
300
One of Earth's four large bodies of water
What is an ocean?
300
Another term for this is "a parallel"
What is a latitude?
300

A map that shows the boundaries of states and countries.

What is a political map?

300

A map that indicates cities, highways, and points of interest and shows how to get from one place to another.

What is a road map?

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One half of a sphere or globe. Earth can be divided into four of these.
What is a hemisphere?
400
Any line of longitude east or west of Earth's prime meridian.
What is a meridian?
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A map that highlights Earth's natural features.
What is a physical map?
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A map that shows information about the past or where past events took place.
What is a historical map?
500

This line is used to divide the Northern and Southern hemisphere.

What is the equator?

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The line of longitude labeled 0 degrees longitude.
What is the prime meridian?
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a collection of maps, usually in book form

What is an atlas?

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A physical map that uses colors to show the elevation of land above sea level.
What is an elevation map?