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the study of Earth and its people |
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one of the seven large landmasses on Earth |
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What do geographers study? |
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a naturally formed feature of Earth's land surface |
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largest landform is called: |
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largest body of water is called: |
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the 5 themes of geography: |
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location, place, region, movement and human-environment interaction |
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how are places similar or different? |
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how do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another? |
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human-environment interaction |
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how do people relate to their physical world? |
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how does climate affect people's lives? |
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it effects were they live, what they wear, and what they grow and eat |
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the pattern of weather conditions in a certain location over a long period of time |
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the plant life in an area |
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what are geographer's tools? |
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imaginary lines that measure distances east and west of the prime meridian |
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imaginary lines that measure distances north and south of the equator |
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an imaginary half of earth |
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how do the latitude and longitude lines on a map help geographers? |
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they help geographers find the absolute location of geographic features |
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political, physical, and thematic |
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a map showing features people have created (city, state, and country boundaries) |
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a map showing landforms and bodies of water |
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(informational maps) a map showing certain info about a place or region (religion, languages, climate, historical info etc.) |
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