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1 Chapter 1, Section 1 Key Terms Page 6 in your ISSN

2 Absolute location – a specific spot on Earth, sometimes expressed using latitude and longitude. Relative location – Where a place is located in relation to another place or places.

3 Latitude – an imaginary line that measures a location’s distance north or south of the equator. Longitude – an imaginary line that measures how far east or west a location is from the prime meridian. Equator - imaginary line on Earth’s surface that divides Earth evenly between the north and south poles. Prime Meridian – the 0° of longitude that divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

4 Time Zone – is a segment of the worldwide system for standardizing time.
International Date Line – imaginary line, located mainly at the 180° meridian, that marks the divide where the date changes by one day.


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