Basic geography P Flashcards
Peshmerga
Kurdish fighter
Pharaoh
King of ancient Egypt
Philosophy
General study of knowledge in the world; Greek for “love of wisdom”
Physical map
Map that shows physical, or natural, features
Pictograms
Picture symbol
Pilgrimage
Religious journey
Place
Mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location
Plain
Large area of flat or gentle rolling land
Plateau
Large, mostly flat area that rises above the surrounding land
Plate tectonics
Theory that explains how huge blocks of the Earth’s crust called “plates” move
Plebeian
Non patrician citizen of ancient Rome
Poaching
Illegal hunting
Polar zone
Areas north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic circle; also known as high latitudes
Polders
Areas of dry land reclaimed from lake bottoms or the seabed
Political map
Map that shows political units, such as countries or states
Political party
Group that supports candidates for public office
Political stability
When politics proceed without violence or destruction
Pollution
Waste that makes the air, soil, or warmer less clean
Population density
Measure of the number of people per unit of land
Population distribution
Spreading of people over an area of land
Precipitation
Water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
Prehistory
Time before humans invented writing
Presidential system
System of government in which voters directly elect the president
Primary industry
Industry involving the collection of resources from nature, such as fishing
Primary source
Information that comes directly from the person who experiences and events
Producer
Person or business that makes and sells products
Productivity
Amount of goods or service produced given the amount of resources used
Profit
Money a company has left over after subtracting the cost of doing business
Projection
Way to map Earth on a flat surface
Propaganda
Information created or distributed by governments in order to influence public opinion
Prophet
A messenger of God
Pull factor
Cause of migration that pulls, or attracts, people to new countries
Push factor
Cause of migration that pushes people to leave their home country
