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Five Themes of Geography
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Geography – Study of the Earth in all of its variety. Variety could include land formations, culture, religions, dress, music, language, etc…
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Location Location – Knowing where you are 2 TYPES OF LOCATION ABSOLUTE LOCATIONABSOLUTE LOCATION RELATIVE LOCATIONRELATIVE LOCATION
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ABSOLUTE LOCATION EXACTABSOLUTE LOCATION IS AN EXACT LOCATION ON THE EARTH GRID SYSTEM LATITUDELONGITUDEABSOLUTE LOCATION IS DETERMINED BY A GRID SYSTEM CREATED BY LINES OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE DEGREESLines of Latitude and Longitude are measured in DEGREES
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Lines of Latitude EQUATORLines of Latitude begin at the EQUATOR EQUATOR = 0 DEGREES LATITUDE North SouthMeasures the directions of North and South ParallelsAlso known as Parallels because they run parallel with the Equator Lines of Latitude will never touch
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Lines of Longitude MERIDIANSLines of Longitude are known as MERIDIANS East WestMeasures the directions of East and West Lines of Longitude begin at the Prime Meridian All lines of Longitude connect at the North and South Poles
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Relative Location generalRelative location is a general location or area
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