Geography Vocab

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Equator: an imaginary line at 0° running east to west, a line of latitude.

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an imaginary line at 0°, running east to west, a line of latitude.

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Latitude is imaginary lines running east to west, called parallels.

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Imaginary lines that run from east to west. They are also called parallels.

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Geospatial Technology

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Equipment for visualizing, measuring, and analyzing Earth's features, using GPS, GIS, and RS.

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Geographic Representation

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A description or portrayal of the Earth or parts of the Earth. A picture of the earth.

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A physical map shows landforms like deserts, rivers, mountains, and oceans.

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shows landforms like deserts, rivers, mountains, oceans

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Political map

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Cities, states, countries, roads, boundaries.

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A climate map

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shows warmest or coldest part of a country

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Economic map

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Farmland, coal, petroleum, iron, natural gas, lumber

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Human Geography

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Impact/behavior of people & their connections to the world (e.g., culture, religion, language).

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Physical Geography

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Examines Earth's natural processes: climate, disasters, landforms, and water.