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World Geography (Geopolitics :flag-us:: The study of how geography affects…

- - - - Absolute Location: Where exactly you are on the globe. Can be expressed using Lat, Long coordinates or an address
      - Relative Location: Where something is relative to something else, directional: N,E,S,W
    - - Mercator: Shows direction, distorts size
      - Eckert IV: Shows size. distorts shape
  - - - Latitude: The higher latitude, the lower temperature and cooler climate
      - Large Bodies of Water: Water moderates temperature and climate
      - Orographic Effect: Ocean very near mountains; windward is cool and moist, leeward is warm and dry
      - Elevation: higher elevation is cooler temperatures
      - Ocean currents: The temperature of water that the current brings to land will heat the land (warm currents) or cool it (cold currents)
- - - - Access to natural resources
      - Climate: Hotter/Colder makes life and advanced economies harder. Access to food sources depends on climate
      - Domesticatable animals and crops, animals can help countries move away from the primary economic sector