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Bimonthly Exam October Flashcards

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A places physical and human features

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Landscape

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A field that studies people and relationships among them

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Social Science

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A part of the word that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding places

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Region

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What are the 3 levels geographers look at the word

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Local,Regional and Global level.

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A spherical,or ball-shaped,model of the entire Planet

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Globe

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Is a flat drawing that show that show all or a part of Earth’s surface

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Maps

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The study of the world physical features-its landforms,bodies of water,climates,soils and plants

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Physical Geography

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Is the study of the world’s people,communties and landscapes

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Human Geography

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The science of making maps

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Cartography

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The study of weather and what causes it

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Meteorology

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The study of water on Earth

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Hydrology

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Set of beliefs,values and practices that a group of people has in common.

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Culture

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What influences the development of culture?

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Elements of culture

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An area in which people have many shared culture traits

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Culture Region

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Its a group of people who share a common ancestry

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Ethnic Group

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The state of having a variety of cultures in the same area

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Cultural Diversity

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The spread of culture traits from one region to another

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Cultural diffusion

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How is named the eastern coast of the US?

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Atlantic Coastal Plain

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What are the main mountain range in the east

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Appalachian Mountains

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What is the highest elevation on the US?

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Mount McKinley

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What is the name of the largest group of fresh water lakes in the world?

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Great Lakes

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What is the America’s largest and most important river?

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The Mississippi River

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What is a tributary?

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A smaller stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river.

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The 2 rivers that make up the large tributaries of the Mississippi River

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Missouri and Ohio rivers

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What are interior plains?

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A vast region completely flat

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An area of high ground that devides the flow of rivers towards opposite ends of a continent.

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Continental Divide.

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What are the four main regions in the US?

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North,West,Midwest and Northeast

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What is a megapolis?

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A string of large cities that have grown together.

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In which state are gold and silver a major resources?

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Nevada

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What is a major resource along the Atlantic coast?

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Fish

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The treat or use of violence against civilians to intimidate or cause fear for political or social reasons.

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Terrorism

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A territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land

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Colony

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A large farm that grows mainly one crop

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A plantation

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In which year the colonists adopted the Declaration of Independence

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1776

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In 1781 the American forces defeated the British army at the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia under who?

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General George Washington

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Who is George Washington?

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The first president of the United States

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The first settlers that traveled west were called

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Pioneers

38
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People who speak two languages are called:

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Bilingual

39
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Canada has a region of rocky uplands,lakes and swaps called

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Canadian Shield

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What is pulp?

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Softened wood fibers

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Cheap paper used to do newspapers

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Newsprint

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What is a province

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Administrative divisions of a country

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Why was New France important

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Because it provided goods to France

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Who were the first Canadians?

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Indians and Inuits

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What’s Canada type of government?

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Constitutional Monarchy

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The strong connection that people feel toward the region in which they live

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Regionalism

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In which province is Ottawa located?

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Ontario

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What is a prime minister?

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The head of a country’s government

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The study of the world its people and landscapes they create

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Geography

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