World Geography 6th Grade

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Geographers use East and West circles that describe location are called lines of

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latitude

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North, South, East, and West are

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cardinal directions

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The study of the earth is

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geography

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A line of longitude can also be called a: equator, meridian, parallel, latitude

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meridian

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the measure of a distance north or south of the equator

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latitude

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the measure of distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

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longitude

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5 themes of geography

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location, regions, place, movement, human - environment interaction

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A representation of the earth on a flat surface is a: map, globe, scale, compass rose.

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map

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What on a map may change the shape of some landmasses?

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distortion

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Latitude and Longitude lines help geographers identify __________ location

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absolute