#1 Flashcards

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A community of plants and animals that depend upon one another, and their surrounding, for survival. It plays a significant role because it makes it possible for plants and animals to survive.

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Ecosystem

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The line circling the earth midway between the north and south poles. It divides the earth into hemispheres, the northern and southern

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Equator

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Half of a sphere or globe, as in the earth’s Northern and Southern hemispheres.

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Hemisphere

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The study of the interrelationship between people and their physical environment; it is another theme of geography. Geographers examine the ways people use their environment, how and why they have changed it, and the consequences.

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Human environmental interaction

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The distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees.

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Latitude

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A particular place/area with physical and human meaning

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Place

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The line of the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole at Greenwich, England. It is the starting point for measuring degrees of east and west longitude.

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Prime meridian

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The exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates.

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Absolute location

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A location in relation to other places.

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Relative location

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The study of weather and weather forecasting.

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Meteorology

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The study of human activities and their relationship to the cultural and physical environments.

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Human geography

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CHAPTER 3

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—>

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12
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The weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time.

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Climate

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rotation of the solid _____ around its own axis (west towards the east)

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Earth’s rotation

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An imaginary line that runs through the center of the earth between the North and South Poles

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Axis

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Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time

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they blow in constant patterns also known as prevailing winds

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The narrow, generally windless bands that global winds at the Equator divert

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The side sheltered or away from the wind; opposite from the windward side

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An area of lush vegetation

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Height of land above sea level

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Part of the subarctic that is permanently frozen subsoil

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Form of government in which powers are divided between the national government and the state or provincial government

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Federal system

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is a monarchical form of government in which the monarch has absolute power among his or her people

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Absolute monarchy

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Society based on equality in which workers would control industrial production
Communism
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In astronomy, the earth's yearly trip around the sun, how many days does it take for it yearly
Revolution (taking 365 1/4 days)
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The movement of people from place to place
Migration
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The growth rate of a population; the difference between birthrate and death rate
Natural increase
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The system government in which a small group holds power.
Oligarchy
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Way of life of a group of people who share beliefs and similar customs
Culture
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Any resource, such as wood or solar energy, that can or will be replenished naturally in the course of time.
Renewable resource
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A government in which all key powers are given to the national or central government
Unitary system
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The growth in which the birthrate and death rate are equal
Zero population growth
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What way is the earth's rotation?
west towards the east