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1
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The largest areas of water on Earth

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Ocean

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The largest areas of land on Earth

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Continent

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A model of the earth shaped like a sphere.

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Globe

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The area at the top and bottom of the globe

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Poles

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Half of a sphere

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Hemisphere

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The imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern parts

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Equator

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The imaginary line that divides the Earth into eastern and western parts

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Prime meridian

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A flat model of the Earth

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Map

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Change in shape and size of an object

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Distortion

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Cardinal directions.

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North,south,east and west

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Intermediate directions

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The directions between the cardinal directions; northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest

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Pictures on a map that represent something in the real world

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Symbols

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A map scale that used a straight line, like a number line or ruler

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Linear scale

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A map scale that uses words

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Word scale

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Name the 5 oceans

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Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, southern, and Article

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Name the 7 continents

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Asia, Australia, Europe, Antarctica, Africa, South America, North America

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Largest continent

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Asia

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Smallest continent

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Australia

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Most crowded continent

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Europe

20
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Frozen desert

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Antarctica

21
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The equator passes through this continent

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Africa

22
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This continent has many rainforests

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South America

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This is the continent we live on

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North America

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Type of map that shows human features, such as borders between states or countries.

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Political maps

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Type of map that shows natural features, such as landforms and bodies of water.

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Physical maps

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Type of map that shows how many people live in an area.

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Population maps

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Type of map that shows the height of the land.

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Elevation maps

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What is good about a globe?

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Same shape as earth shows whole Earth no distortion.

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What is bad about a globe?

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Can only see one part at a time, not much detail, hard to carry around.

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What is good about a map?

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Flat and easy to carry. Can show part of earth. Can show more details.

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What is bad about map?

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Places are distorted.

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The study of the Earth, its physical features, and the way living things use the Earth

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Geograph

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