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Geography Flashcards

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What is geography?

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The study of Earth and it’s people.

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What is a continent?

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The largest landforms on Earth

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What are oceans?

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The largest bodies of water on Earth.

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What is a map?

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A drawing of a real place.

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What is a globe?

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A round model of the Earth.

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What is a compass rose?

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A symbol that shows the directions on a map.

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What are the cardinal directions?

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North south east and west

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What are the intermediate directions?

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Northeast,northwest, southeast, southwest

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What is the map key?

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The part of a map that tells you what the symbol stands for

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What is a symbol?

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A picture on a map that stands for something real

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What is a border?

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A line on a map showing the edge of a city, state or country

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What is a title?

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The name of a map

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What are latitude lines?

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The imaginary lines that go from east to west

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What are longitude lines?

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The imaginary lines that run North to South around the Earth. All longitude lines meet at the North and South Pole

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What is the equator?

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The latitude line that goes around the middle of the Earth

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North pole

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The point on Earth that is the furthest north

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South pole

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The point on the Earth that is furthest south

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Landforms

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Physical features found on the Earth

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Island

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Land surrounded by water on all sides.

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Mountains

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Tall landforms with steep sides and peaks

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Plateau

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Land that is high like a mountain but with a flat top

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Plains

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Low, flat, grassy land

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Valley

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Low land found between mountains or hills

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Volcano

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Land that is high like a mountain with an opening at the top

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Isthmus

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Narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land

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Strait

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Narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

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Peninsula

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Land surrounded by water on three sides

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