Dividing the earth into regions

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Dividing the earth into regions Unit 2, Lesson 5: What Are Some Ways to Organize or Regionalize the Earth?

REGION: an area with at least one characteristic or feature that sets it apart from other areas

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NP SP Hemispheres

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NP Northern Hemisphere Equator = 0o SP Hemispheres

Northern Hemisphere Hemispheres

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NP Northern Hemisphere Equator = 0o Southern Hemisphere SP Hemispheres

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Could a country be in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres Could a country be in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres? Why or why not? Hemispheres

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Hemispheres

Hemispheres

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a large unbroken land mass an ice-capped group of islands???? OR an ice-capped group of islands???? Antarctica With and Without Ice. 5 August 2012. http://climatetasmania.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/226antarcticice.jpg Continents

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