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What are the two types of location that geographers use as reference points? Absolute and ___
relative
100
What divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
Prime Meridian and International Date Line
100
Relative location consists of at least how many places?
2
100
The International Date Line is on the opposite side of the Earth from the ____.
Prime Meridian
100
a region defined by popular feelings and images
perceptual region
200
What is the term used as the location of a place in relation to other places?
relative location
200
What part of a map explains its symbols, colors, and line?
key
200
A city is an example of which type of region?
functional region
200
Half a sphere, or globe
hemisphere
200
a central place and the surrounding territory linked to it
functional region
300
What is another name for parallels that circle the Earth?
lines of latitude
300
Which hemisphere is located entirely south of the Equator?
Southern Hemisphere
300
The ___ divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
Equator
300
An imaginary line that follows the curve of the Earth and represents the shortest distance between two points.
great circle route
300
the geographic position of a place in relation to other places or features of a larger region (not relative location)
situation
400
What name is given to the study of the interrelationships between people and their physical environment.
human-environment interaction
400
The Corn Belt is an example of which kind of region?
formal region
400
On a map, the cardinal and intermediate directions are shown on the ___.
compass rose
400
The specific location of a place, including its physical setting.
site
400
If a city is located at 120 degrees East, that city is located East of the ______.
Prime Meridian
500
What is another name for mapmakers?
cartographers
500
In geography, what does a collection of places with similar characteristics make up?
region
500
The absolute location of an object is defined by its latitude and ____.
longitude
500
A community of plants and animals that depend on one another and their surroundings for survival.
ecosystem
500
The Prime Meridian is a line of ___
longitude