A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
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Archipelago
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A group of islands
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A Bay
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A small arm of water that reaches into land
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Strait
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A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
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An island
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A piece of land completely surrounded by water
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Strait
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A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
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Latitudes
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horizontal parallel lines on a globe
a distance north or south from the equator on the Earth's surface
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Longitudes
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lines that run up and down on a globe
Meridians
It is the angular distance on the Earth's surface, East or West to the plane going through Greenwhich near London in England.
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Hemispheres
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Sections of the Earth divided by the Equator and Prime Meridian (Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western)
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Continent
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The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
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Cape
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point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean
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Map Coordinates
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Latitude (north, south) longitude (east, west)
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Sea
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a body of salt water partially surrounded by land
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Peninsula
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a body of land with water surrounding it on three sides.