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Describes a place in relation to another place

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Relative location

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Absolute location

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The exact place on earth something is found

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Each half of the globe

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Hemisphere

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The imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern halves

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Equator

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Imaginary line cutting world into west and east, used for longitude

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Prime Merridian

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A multitude of imaginary lines running parallel to the equator

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Latitude

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A set of imaginary lines running parallel to the prime meridian

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Longitude

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3D representation of the earth

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Globe

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A general reference map, representing natural and man made features on the earth

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Topographic map

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The earths center, made out of nickel and iron. Inner is solid, outside is fluid

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Core

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Magma on the earths surface

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Lava

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Lithosphere

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Solid rock portion of the earths surface

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A device the measures the size of waves created by an earthquake

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Seismograph

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The Chain of volcanos that lines the Pacific Rim

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Ring of fire

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The point on earth where an earthquake began

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Epicenter

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The process that changes rocks into a new substance through interactions among elements in the air or water in the materials in the rock

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Chemical weathering

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Fan like landform made of deposited sediment, left by a river that slows as it enters the ocean

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Delta

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A ridge or hill of rock carried and deposited by glaciers

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Moraine

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A long period without rain or minimal rainfall

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Drought

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A powerful funnell shaped column of spiraling air

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Tornado

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A storm that forms over warm, tropical ocean waters

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Hurricane

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Perminantly frozen ground

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Permafrost

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The transfer of heat in the atmosphere by upward movement of air

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Convection

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A regional ecosystem

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Biome

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A named character of broadleaf trees

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Deciduous

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Another word for needleleaf trees

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Coniferous

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The used term for temperate grassland region in the Northern Hemisphere

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Steppe

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Taking elements of society and creating something new to meet a need

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Innovation

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The amount of live births per total population, often expressed in thousands

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Birthrate

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The average rate of children a women would produce in a lifetime at the rate of her country

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Fertility rate

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Aka population growth rate- the rate it population is growing

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Rate of natural increase

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A graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population

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Population pyramid

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Type of economic system in which the government determines goods and services produced

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Command economy

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Type of economic system in which production of goods and services by the demand of consumers

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Market economy

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A type of government in which an individual or group holds complete political power.

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Dictatorship

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A type of government in which citizens hold political power either directly or through elected representatives

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Democracy

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An economic system in which private individuals own most of the resources, tech, businesses, and can separate them for a profit with little control from the government

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Free enterprise

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The movement of plants animals and disease between Eastern ans Western hemispheres during the age of exploration

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Colombian exchange

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A corporation that works worldwide business

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Multinational

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A functional area including a city and it’s surrounding suburbs

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Metropolitan area

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