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History
6th Grade
09/14/2011

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Term
projection 
Definition
noun any structure that branches out from a central support; the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction[image].
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isthmus
Definition

a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas                                       [image]

 

 

 

 

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strait
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noun a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water[image]
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tributary
Definition
noun a branch that flows into the main stream[image]
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fjord
Definition

noun a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway

[image]
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political map
Definition
 

a representation of a country's 

territories,boundaries, and capital(s) 

on paper or other material

[image]

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physical map
Definition


 A map showing country borders,

major cities and significant bodies

of water, physical maps indicate

the location of landforms like deserts,

mountains and plains.,.[image]

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international dateline
Definition

noun

a theoretical line following
 approximately the 180th meridian,
 the regions to the east of which are
 counted as being one day earlier 
in their calendar
 dates than the 
regions to the west.[image]
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population density
Definition

 

the number of people living per unit of 

an area(e.g. per square mile);

 the number of people relative 

to the space

 occupied by them

[image]

 

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map key
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scale
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compass rose
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symbols
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prime meridian
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climate
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tropics
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hemisphere
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latitude
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equator
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longitude
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cartographer
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absolute location
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relative location
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precipitation
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mouth (river)
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source (river)
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canal
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delta
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plain
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plateau
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