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Geography
5th Grade
09/04/2012

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Term
Geography
Definition
The study of our physical surroundings and how humans interact with them
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Geographic terms
Definition
Words that name different landforms and bodies of water (ex: bay, sea, peninsula, island, etc...)
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Physical feature
Definition
a named mountain, bay ocean, river, etc. Technicly a named geographic feature. (Rocky Mountain, Hawii, Mississippi River, Atlantic Ocean, Great Plains, etc...)
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Grid System
Definition
a pattern of lines on a map usually running north-south and east-west that is used for giving positions
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Latitude
Definition
Imaginary Lines on the earth that run east and west. Also known as the Equator
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Longitude
Definition
Imaginary lines on the earth that run north and south. Aalso known as the Prime Meridian
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Landform
Definition
Any natural formation of rock and dirt on earth(no water)
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Map
Definition
A flat representation of the earth or a part of the earth that shows the relative positions of places
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Globe
Definition
The most accurate map of the earth. It is the presentation of the earth in a shape of a ball
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Compass Rose
Definition
Shows direction on a map
north
west east
South
(Never eat soggy wheat)
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Grid
Definition
A pattern of lines on a map usually running north-south and east-west that is used for giving positions
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