Basic Geography

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Basic Geography

• 8th Grade
• Unit 1

1984
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Blank World Map
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Hemispheres
Northern
Western
Eastern
Southern
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Four Oceans of the World
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
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Seven Continents of the World
Arctic Ocean
Asia
North America
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Pacific Ocean
South America
Indian Ocean
Australia
Antarctica
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World Map
Longitude
North Pole
Aortic Ocean
Asia
Latitude
North America
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Tropic of Cancer
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Prime median
Equator
Indian Ocean
South America
Australia
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctica
South Pole
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World Map
Longitude
North Pole
Aortic Ocean
Asia
Latitude
North America
Europe
Africa
Atlantic Ocean
Prime median
Tropic of Cancer
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
South America
Equator
Indian Ocean
Australia
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctica
South Pole
Scale
Map Key/Legend
Compass Rose
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Winter Solstice
December 21 Latitude 23 1/2 S
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Summer Solstice
June 21 Latitude 23 1/2 N
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Landforms
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Isthmus

• a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land
  areas usually with water forms on either side.

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Basin

• The land drained by a river land surrounded by
  higher land.

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Bay

• An inlet of the sea or other body of water, part
  of a body of water that extends into land.

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Canal

• An artificial waterway constructed for the
  movement of water.

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Cape

• A point of extension of land jutting into the
  water that is usually smaller or thinner than a
  peninsula

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Delta

• Soil deposited at the mouth of a river where the
  stream loses velocity and deposits load of
  sediment.

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Gulf

• A large area of sea or ocean that is partially
  enclosed

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Island

• A body of land surrounded by water

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Mountain Range

• A row of connected mountains

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Peninsula

• A portion of land nearly surrounded by water and
  connected with a mainland

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Plain

• Large area of level land.

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Plateau

• Elevated,
• level portion of Earths surface.

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River Source/Mouth

• The place the river begins, usually in the
  highland.

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Sea

• A body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean

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Strait

• A narrow channel that connects two large bodies
  of water

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Valley

• A low area of land between hills or mountains.