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What is a key
another word for this is legend
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What is the Equator
this line that separates the Northern Southern Hemisphere's
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What is export
to send goods and/or services to other countries for sale
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What is a political map
a map that shows non-natural boundaries
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What is Greenhouse Effect
the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere
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What is a compass rose
what tells you which direction your going on a map?
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What is the Prime Meridian
this line separates the Eastern and Western Hemisphere's
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What is import
to bring goods and/or services from one country to another to sell
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What is a physical map
a map that shows natural landmarks
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What is a continent
any of the world's main continuous expanses of land
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What is lattitude
these lines runs from East to West
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What is the Tropic of Cancer
this line is 23 degrees North of the Equator
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What are natural resources
materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.
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What is a region
an area or division, esp. part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
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What is a glacier
a slowly moving mass or river of ice
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What is longitude
these lines runs from North to South
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What is the Tropic of Capricorn
this line is 23 degrees South of the Equator
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What is population
all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country
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What is an urban area
in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town
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What is a climate
the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
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What is a scale
the ratio of a distance on the map to the exact distance on the earth
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What is hemisphere
the half of a sphere
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What is environment
the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
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What is a rural area
in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.
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What is global warming
a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect
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