Geography FINAL

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What does U.S.A. stand for?

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United States of America

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largest areas of water on Earth

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oceans

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the horizontal line on a globe that separates the Earth into the Northern hemisphere and Southern hemisphere

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equator

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Large area of land separated from other areas by water, mountains, or other natural features

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continent

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lines that run east to west on a map or globe that tell how far from the equator a place is.

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latitude

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lines that run from north to south on a map or globe that tell how far from the Prime Meridian a place is

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longitude

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shows how distance on a map compares to distance in real life

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map scale

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0° longitude. Splits the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres.

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Prime Meridian

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0° latitude. It splits the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres

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equator

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model of the Earth shaped like a sphere

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globe