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The study of where people, places, and things are located and the ways in which things relate to each other
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Geography
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What are the five themes of geography?
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Location, Movement, Place, Region, Interaction
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To pinpoint the location of a place on earth is called..
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Exact Location
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Name the line that divides the earth into north and south hemispheres
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Equator
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The earth is divided into four halves or...
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Hemispheres
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Lines that measure distance north and south of the equator
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Latitude
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Another name for latitude lines
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Parallels
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Lines that measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
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Longitude
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Another name of lines of longitude
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Meridians
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What are two ways a place can be defined?
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Physical and human characteristics
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Name three examples of physical characteristics of a place
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Vegetation, landforms, bodies of water, climate
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Name three examples that define the human characteristics of a place
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Religion, language, food, clothes, architecture
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What theme pertains to ways in which we as humans adapt to or change our enviroment?
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Interaction
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Name three examples in which we adapt to our environment.
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Hot: fans, AC, swimmingCold: heat, warmer clothesFarming, irrigation
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Name three ways in which we as humans change our environment.
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Farming, building homes, building roads, recycling, pollution
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