Vocabulary Flashcards

1
Q

Is the half of the earth that is north of the equator

A

Northern Hemisphere

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2
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Is the half of the earth that is south of the equator

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Southern Hemisphere

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3
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Imaginary Line Around the Earth dividing the Northern and Southern Hemisphere

A

Equator

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4
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Is the line of longitude in the geographic coordinates system at which longitude is defined to be 0 degrees

A

Prime Meridian

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5
Q

Half of the earth that is east of the prime meridian

A

Eastern Hemisphere

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6
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Half of the earth that is west of the prime meridian

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Western Hemisphere

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7
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Using coordinates such as latitude and longitude to find a fixed point on the earth

A

Absolute Location

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8
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Special Line of latitude in the northern hemisphere that separates the tropical climate from the temperate climate

A

Tropic of Cancer

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9
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Special Line of latitude in the southern hemisphere that separates the tropical climate from the temperate climate

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Tropic of Capricorn

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10
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A pattern or straight lines that form squares on a map which is used to find a particular place

A

Grid System

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11
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Lines that are equal distance apart that never meet or intersect

A

Parallel lines

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12
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A half of the earth usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.

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Hemisphere

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13
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A spherical map of the earth or an object that is shaped like a large ball with the map of the world on it

A

Globe

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14
Q

Thing that comes from the time that you were studying

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Primary Source

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15
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Things written or said that have researched historical events

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Secondary Source

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16
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Textbooks(Primary or Secondary Source)

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Secondary Source

17
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Photographs(Primary or Secondary Source)

A

Primary Source

18
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Clothing, tools, weapons from a time period

Primary or Secondary Source

A

Primary Source

19
Q

Books or art about an event after it happened

Primary or Secondary Source

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Secondary Source

20
Q

Magazines/Internet Articles by someone who researched a historical topic
(Primary or Secondary Source)

A

Secondary Source

21
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Eyewitness Accounts

Primary or Secondary Source

A

Primary Source

22
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Letters, diaries, and journals

Primary or Secondary Source

A

Primary Source

23
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Public Speeches(Primary or Secondary Source)

A

Primary Source

24
Q

Study of earth’s physical features and how those physical features affect everything around them

A

Geography

25
Q

to explain the meaning of something

A

interpret

26
Q

parallel lines that run east to west and measure distance north to south from the equator

A

latitude

27
Q

parallel lines that run north and south and measure distance west to east from the prime meridian

A

longitude

28
Q

map makers

A

cartographers