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Key terms
Geography
Geography is the study of the earth and the atmoshpere
Latitude
Freedom of action or thought
degree
unit of measurment
longitude
the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich or England.
parallel
simalar to another
equator
an imaginary line around the earth equally distant from the north and south pole.
meridian
a circle of constant longitude passing through a given place.
prime meridian
a planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude.
plain
large area of flat land
globe
Earth
scale
the size of the area represented by the map
distortion
The misrepresentation of shape, area, distance, or direction of or between geographic features
Projection
the method of transferring the graticule of latitude and longitude on a plane surface
compass rose
device on a map showing the points of the compass measured from true north and magnetic north.
cardinal direction
north east west and south
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