upbringing
[noun]
the way that our parents care for us or teach us to behave in our childhood
backdrop
[noun]
a piece of painted cloth that is hung at the back of a theater stage as part of the scenery
letdown
[noun]
a feeling of disappointment or sadness due to something not meeting one's expectations or hopes
latitude
[noun]
the distance of a point north or south of the equator that is measured in degrees
prime meridian
[noun]
an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole, which helps to measure how far east or west a place is on Earth
equator
[noun]
a hypothetical line around the Earth that divides it into Northern and Southern hemispheres
longitude
[noun]
the distance of a point east or west of the meridian at Greenwich that is measured in degrees
parallel
[noun]
imaginary lines that run horizontally around the Earth, used to measure how far north or south a place is from the middle of the Earth
tropic
[noun]
each of the two parallel and imaginary lines around the earth that is 23°26ʹ south or north of the equator
antipode
[noun]
a point or location on the opposite side of the Earth, exactly opposite another point, often used to describe places that are directly across from each other on the globe
Pacific
[noun]
the biggest and deepest ocean in the world, stretching between Asia and the Americas, famous for its calmness and rich variety of sea life
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