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GEOGRAPHY WORLD. Hemispheres EQUATOR latitude PRIME MERIDIAN longitude.

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1 GEOGRAPHY WORLD

2 Hemispheres EQUATOR latitude PRIME MERIDIAN longitude

3 Continents NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA AFRICA AUSTRALIA EUROPE ASIA ANTARCTICA

4 COUNTRIES – are part of continents SOUTH AMERICA ASIA

5 STATES or PROVINCES – are part of countries SOUTH AMERICA ASIA

6 Parishes or counties – are part of states

7 cities/towns are part of parishes or counties ASIA

8 CONTINENT COUNTRY STATE PARISH/COUNTY CITY/TOWN

9 Mountains BIGGEST formed by plates colliding

10 WATER ATLANTIC PACIFIC Gulf of Mexico MISSISSIPPI RIVER

11 Political map shows boundaries

12 Physical map shows landforms and water

13 Elevation map shows elevation of area in comparison to sea level

14 Population map shows areas of high and low population

15 Natural Resource map shows where resources of an area can be found

16 Climate map

17 Map Key

18 Distance Scale

19 Compass rose Remember: to determine the direction of movement, you MUST be careful of your starting location and move from there. Even though this line can go northwest or southeast, YOU can only go one direction on it – depending on your starting point!

20 COMMUNITIES RURALURBANSUBURBAN the “country”The “big city” a lot of people, tall buildings in-between more spread out, but still close to city farmsfactories / big businesses homes mainly, people work in urban city and live in suburban community


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