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Geography Skills Flashcards

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Globe

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A small copy of Earth that shows both land and water

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Ocean

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The Earth’s largest Bodies of water

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Name the Four Oceans

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Atlatntic. Arctic, Indian, and Pacific

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What are the seven large bodies of land found on the globe

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Continents

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How many continents?

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

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What are the fourh hemispheres?

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Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere

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Earth if divided inton the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern by the?

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Equator

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An imaginary line that lies halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole

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Equator

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An imaginary line that divides the Western Hemisphere and eastern hemisphere

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Prime Meridian

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What hemispheres do we live on

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Northern adn Western Hemispheres

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Point furthest North on the earth

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North Pole

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Point furthest South on the Earth

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South Pole

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What are lines of latitude

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Lines that run East to West on a globe

Lines that measure North to South on the Globe

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What are the lines of longitude

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Lines that run North to South

Lines that Measure East to West

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What are cardinal directions?

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North, South, East, and West

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What is the small drawing on a map that can help you find directions?

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Compass Rose

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What are the four intermediate directions?

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Northeast (NE), Southeast (SE) Southwest (SW) Northwest (NW)

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Dots, Lines, triangles, colors, and small drawings used to stand for something on a map

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Symbols

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Used to give the meaning of each symbol used on the map

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Map Key

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Lanform Maps

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Map that shows landforms or the shapes that make up Earth’s surface. It also shows bodies of water

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Elevation Maps

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Map that uses different colors to show the height of land above the level of sea.

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Transportation Map

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A kind of map that shows how you can travel from one place to another

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Historical maps

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A map that shows information about the past event and where they occur

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