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5 themes of Geography: Location

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5 themes of Geography: Location

The place where something is located

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5 themes of Geography: Place

Physical Features or Human Environments

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5 themes of Geography: Human Interaction

The way in which the environment affects humans, or vice versa

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5 themes of Geography: Movement

The way in which ideas/cultures/goods move from one place to another

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5 themes of Geography: Region

The way in which countries are grouped together, based on things like culture or geography

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Geography

The study of the surface of the world

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Barriers

A landform that limits people from interaction/movement

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Conduits

A landform/environment feature that promotes human interaction/movement

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Examples of Barriers

Mountains, Deserts, and Oceans

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Examples of Conduits

Oasis, Trade Winds, Mountain Passes

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Landforms

A natural/artificial feature of earth // terrain

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Convergence

People coming together to the same area

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Divergence

People separating and spreading out to different areas

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Longitude

Invisible vertical lines that go North to South on a globe

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Latitude

Invisible horizontal lines that go from West to East on a globe

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Equator

Central Latitude Line that marks 0 degrees, separating the Northern/Southern Hemispheres in half

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Prime Meridian

Central Longitude Line that marks 0 degrees, separating the Western/Eastern Hemispheres in half

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Range of all Latitude Lines

-90 to 90 degrees (South to North)

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Range of all Longitude Lines

-180 to 180 degrees (West to East)

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7 continents in the world

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

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5 oceans in the world

Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Southern Ocean

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