FINAL Flashcards
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Is all the human and physical features that make a place unique
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Landscape
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Is a field that studies people and the relationships among them
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Social science
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Is a part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas
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Region
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What are the three levels of organization in geography
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Local level
Regional level
Global level
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Is a flat drawing that shows all or part of Earths surface
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Map
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Is a spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet
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Globe
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How are maps and globes similar?
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Show what the world looks like
8
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What are the five themes of geography
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Location Place Regions Movement Human-Environment Interaction
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This theme describes where something is
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Location
10
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Describes the features that make a site unique
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Place
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Are areas that share common characteristics
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Rigions
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This theme looks at how and why people and things move
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Movement
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This theme is when people interact with their environments in many ways.
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Human-Environment Interaction
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Specific description like this one is called
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An absolute location
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This general description of where a place lies is called
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Its relative location
16
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What are the two branches of geography
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Physical geography and human geography
17
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Is the study of the worlds people, communities, and landscapes
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Human geography
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Is the study of the worlds physical feature-Its landforms, bodies of water,climates,soils and plants.
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Physical geography
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The science of making maps
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Cartography
20
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The study of weather and what cause it
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Meteorology
21
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A regions average weather conditions over a long period
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Climate
22
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What parts of earth receive the most hide from the sun
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Regions near the ecuador
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Seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air
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Monsoon
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Surroundings
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Environment
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Is the study of the world, its people, the places and the landscape they create
Geography
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Is a group of plants and animals that depend on each other for survival and the environment in which they live
Ecosystem
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Is any material in nature that people use and value
Natural Resource
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Write 2 types of natural resources?
Renewable and nonrenewable resources
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Name one important energy resource
Hydroelectric power
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The production of electricity from waterpower
Hydroelectric power
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Is a set of beliefs ,values, and practices that a group of people has in common
Culture
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Is an activity of behavior in which people often take part
Culture Trait
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What are the different types of culture regions
Ethnic groups and cultural diversity
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The spread of culture traits rom one region to another
Cultural diffusion
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What regions of the world have the highest levels of population density
Asian countries
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Is a form of government in which the people elect leaders and rule by majority
Democracy
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Is a political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country
Communism
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Are countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
Developed Countries
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Are countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life
Developing countries
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The process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other through culture and trade
Globalization
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Piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
Peninsula
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What is the main climate of the Yucatan Peninsula
Hot and Dry
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What is one of Mexico's most important resources?
Petroleum or oil
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Who were the early civilizations in Mexico
Olmecs
Mayas
Aztecs
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By about 1500 BC this people in Mexico were living in small villages.
Lived on the humid southern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Olmecs
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Between about AD 250 and 900, this people built large cities in Mexico and Central America. They studied the stars and developed a detailed calendar
Mayas
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Moved to central Mexico from the north. In 1325 they built their capital known as Tenochtitlan.
Aztecs
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Its celebrate on November 1st or 2nd. Mexican Indian Belief in which the souls of the dead return every year to visit their living relatives.
Day of the Death
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Catholic priest that led the revolt against Spanish rule
Miguel Hidalgo
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What is an environmental problem in Mexico's City
Pollution
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The interior landscape of Mexico consists of a high, mostly rugged region
Mexican Plateau
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A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.
Isthmus
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Large group of islands
Archipelago
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What are the main natural resources in Central America and the Caribbean
Land and climate
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What is the official language of Belize
English
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A conflict between two or more groups within a country
Civil war
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Provides a link between the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean
Panama Canal
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Regional Variety of a language
Dialect
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What is the main language in Panama
Spanish
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What is the main religion in Mexico
Roman Catholic
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What is the main religion in Panama
Roman Catholic
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It is the worlds longest river
Nile River
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Is a partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty seawater
Estuary
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Clearing of trees
Deforestation
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Who were the 1st people to live in Brazil
American Indians
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What european country colonized Brazil
Portugal
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What is the main religion in Brazil
Roman Catholics
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A giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs
Megacity
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Completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean
Landlocked
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What type of landform covers much of Southern Europe
Mountains
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Name two important resources in Southern Europe
Climate and sea
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A group of Muslims from North Africa
The Moors
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Two of the most common foods in Southern Europe cooking are
Olives and grapes
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What is the largest city in Greece
Athens
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Is a narrow inlet of the sea set between high, rocky cliffs
A fjord
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Which country has a large supply of geothermal energy?
Iceland
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An ocean current that brings warm, moist air across the Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Drift
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Which 2 cities are central to the economy of the British Isles
London and Dublin
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A type of democracy in which a king or queen serves as head of state but a legislature makes the laws
Constitutional Monarchy
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Were Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe and the Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages
Vikings
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About what year did Vikings 1st reach North America
Around the 900s
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Which is the largest country in Scandinavia
Sweden
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Which Northern European city is a major european economic center
London
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Emperor
Emperor
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What 3 countries make up the Caucasus
Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
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The 1st leader of the Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin
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An economic system in which the government owns all the businesses and makes all decisions
Command economy
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The majority of the Russians are descended from
Slavs
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Which Caucasus country has an economy based on oil?
Azerbaijan
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It is the lowest point in any continent
The Dead Sea
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What are main natural resources of the Eastern Mediterranean
Minerals like sulfur, mercury and copper
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It covers much of Syria and Jordan, this desert of rock and gravel usually receives less than five inches of rainfall a year
Syrian Dessert
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The Father of the Turks and the first president
Kemal Ataturk
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What kind of government does Turkey have?
National Assembly
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What is Turkeys largest city
Istanbul
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This dispersal of the Jewish population
Diaspora
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What is Israel's largest city?
Tel-Aviv
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Means "fit"in Hebrew, is the term used for food allowed under Jewish dietary laws
Kosher
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Arabic speaking nomads who mostly lived in the deserts of Southwest Asia
Bedouins
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What European country ruled Lebanon after World War I
France
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The climate of most of Israel, Jordan and Syria is:
Desert
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Most people living in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan are
Arabs
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Which countries make up North Africa
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt
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Name 2 important Arab influences on North African culture
Islam and most people speak arabic
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What language do most North Africans speak
Arabic
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Is a city in which almost no taxes are placed on goods sold there
Free port
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Most North Africans are
Muslims
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Divided Indian society into groups based on a persons birth or occupation
Caste system
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The first Urban civilization in the Indian Subcontinent was centered around the Indus River Valley in present day Pakistan
Harappan Civilization
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What is the main religion in India
Hinduism
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Name Indias 2 largest cities
Mumbai and Delhi
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Is a state of perfect peace in which suffering and reincarnation end
Nirvana
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The dominant religion of India
Hinduism
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Is a religion based on teachings of Siddhartha Gautma-The Buddha
Buddhism
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Is a landform at the mouth of a river that is created by the deposit of sediment
Delta
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Is one of Indias most popular festival. The festival of lights
Diwali
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It is the highest peak in the Indian Subcontinent and the world
Mount Everest
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Considered by many to be the father of modern India, he led the struggle for Indian Independence
Gandhi
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What language was spoken by the Aryans
Sanskrit
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A territory inhabited and controlled by people form a foreign land
Colony
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Mexico
Mexico City
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Guatemala
Guatemala City
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Costa Rica
San Jose
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Panama
Panama City
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Cuba
Havana
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
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Brazil
Brasilia
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Spain
Madrid
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Italy
Rome
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Portugal
Lisbon
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Greece
Athens
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U.K
London
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Norway
Oslo
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Finland
Helsinki
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Ireland
Dublin
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Russia
Moscow
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Turkey
Ankara
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Israel
Jerusalem
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Jordan
Amman
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Morocco
Rabat
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Algeria
Algiers
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Tunisia
Tunis
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Egypt
Cairo
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India
New Delhi
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Madagascar
Antananarivo
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Sri Lanka
Sri Joyawardenepura / Kotte
