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Geography Terms Review Slideshow

Geography Terms Review Slideshow. Click once to see the definition. Click again to see the vocabulary term. Imaginary lines running from North to South that are used to measure distances from the Prime Meridian. (below in red). LONGITUDE.

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Geography Terms Review Slideshow

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  1. Geography Terms Review Slideshow Click once to see the definition. Click again to see the vocabulary term.

  2. Imaginary lines running from North to South that are used to measure distances from the Prime Meridian. (below in red)

  3. LONGITUDE • Imaginary lines running from North to South that are used to measure distances from the Prime Meridian. (below in red)

  4. The imaginary line which runs from North pole to South pole through Greenwich, England. It is from this line the East and west are determined.

  5. Prime Meridian • The imaginary line which runs from North pole to South pole through Greenwich, England. It is from this line the East and west are determined.

  6. The four main directions on a globe or map.

  7. CARDINAL DIRECTIONS • The four main directions on a globe or map.

  8. The great imaginary circle around the middle of the earth that separates North from South.

  9. EQUATOR • The great imaginary circle around the middle of the earth that separates North from South.

  10. A sphere on which a map of the Earth is placed.

  11. Globe • A sphere on which a map of the Earth is placed.

  12. Imaginary lines running east and west that are used to measure distances from the Earth’s equator

  13. LATITUDE • Imaginary lines running east and west that are used to measure distances from the Earth’s equator

  14. Either of the 2 extreme positions north or south on the Earth

  15. POLES • Either of the 2 extreme positions north or south on the Earth

  16. The name for the lines of latitude

  17. parallels • The name for the lines of latitude

  18. Name for the lines of longitude

  19. MERIDIANS • Name for the lines of longitude

  20. Units of measurement for latitude and longitude. There are 360 of them in a circle.

  21. DEGREES • Units of measurement for latitude and longitude. There are 360 of them in a circle.

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