Geography Skills (Reading History and Maps)

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Region

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Area that shares physical or human characteristics

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Landform

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Natural feature of the Earth

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Climatet

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Usual weather pattern in a place over a period of time

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Globe

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Model of the Earth shaped like a sphere

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Equator

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Imaginary line that extends around the center of the Earth at 0^o latitude

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Latitude

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Lines that are evenly spaced and extend around the globe north and south of the Equator

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Longitude

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Lines that are evenly spaced that extend east and west of the Prime Meridian

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prime meridian

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Imaginary line marked at 0^o longitude

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Absolute location

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Exact location of a place that doesn't change

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Hemisphere

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half of a sphere