Chapter 3 Vocabulary- Gallopade

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Gives the exact point of location on Earth’s surface; uses coordinates

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Absolute Location

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the imaginary line drawn around Earth at 0 degrees latitude; divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

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Equator

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one of the halves of the Earth as divided by the equator or by the prime meridian

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Hemisphere

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a measure of a location’s distance north or south of the Equator

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Latitude

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a measure of a location’s distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

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Longitude

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Lines in the same direction and at the same distance apart

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Parallel

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the imaginary line drawn around Earth at 0 degrees longitude ; divides Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

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Prime Meridian