Unit 1 Vocabulary - Geography

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one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents

People and Ideas get around

location north or south of the Equator, measured by imaginary lines (parallels) numbered in degrees north or south

What do the people do to the environment? What does the environment do for the people?

A study of the earth in all its variety – land, water, plants, and animals

box or other display on a map that explains the meaning of the symbols used on the map

a diagram on a map that shows directions such as north, south, east, and west.

0° longitude, from which all other degrees of longitude are measured. Line of the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole