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Themes of Geography
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Parts of a Map
Key Terms
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it deals with absolute and relative places
What is location
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the study of the earth
What is geograpy
100
a sphere like shape of the earth
What is globe
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tells what the map is about
What is the title
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runs thru Greenwich, England
What is Prime Meridian
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uses physical and human features
What is place?
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an example would be i live close to booneville
What is relative location
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developer of a map in 1569, help sailors get around the world
What is mercator
200
part that show the cardinal directions
What is compass rose
200
0 degrees latitude
What is the Equator
300
it is how goods, people and idea get around
What is movement
300
it is measured east or west of the prime meridian
What is lines of longitude
300
map that shows correct shapes but not true distances
What is a conformal map
300
the part that might say 1 inch is = 100 miles
What is a scale
300
change in the accuracy of its shapes and distances
What is distortion
400
an example would be north mississipp
What is region
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lines that run east or west
What is lines of latitude
400
the main projection map that geographers use today
What is a Robinson Projection
400
includes the symbols and their meanings that is on the map.
What is the key/legend
400
method of putting a map of the Earth onto a flat piece of paper
What is projection
500
you can be positive or negative with the environment in this theme
What is human/environment interaction
500
another name for lines of latitude
What is parallels
500
north, south, east, and west
What is the cardinal directions
500
the amount of points that is on a compass rose
What is 32
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region of flat land
What is plain