Daily Oral Geography Week 3 Vocabulary

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Grid

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A pattern of lines that form squares.

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Continent

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One of the seven large landmasses of the Earth: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

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Index

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An alphabetical listing of place names on a map and the grid square in which they are found.

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Hemisphere

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Half of the Earth

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Prime Meridian

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An imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth at zero degrees longitude.

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Equator

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An imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole at zero degrees latitude.

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Ocean

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The great body of salt water that covers almost three-fourths of Earth's surface.