Equator, Hemispheres, Latitude/Longitude

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Is it true that geography is the study of Earth?

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True

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What do we use to find absolute location?

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latitude and longitude

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What is relative location?

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Where a place is compared to another place.

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Latitude is...

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lines that measure north and south and run horizontally.

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Longitude is...

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lines that measure east and west and run vertically.

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1528 Dragonback Way, Frisco, TX 75034 is an example of what kind of location?

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Absolute

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The lines that run north to south on a map are called

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longitude lines

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The lines that run East to West on a map are called

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Latitude Lines

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The red line on the map represents the imaginary line at zero degrees longitude.

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Prime Meridian

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The red line on this map represents the imaginary line at zero degrees latitude.

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Equator