FINAL 7 JUNIO Flashcards
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What is geography
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The study of the world, its people and landscapes they create
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What is a landscape
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It is all the human and physical features that make a place unique
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What is a social science?
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It is a field that studies people and the relationships among their environment
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It 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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Global
Local
Regional levels
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It is a flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth’s surface
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Map
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It 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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Both show what the world looks like
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What are the five themes of geography
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LOCATION
PLACE
REGIONS
MOVEMENT
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION
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Describes where something is
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Location
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Describes the features that make a site unique
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Place
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Areas that share common characteristics
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Regions
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Looks at how and why people interact with their environment in many ways
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Human environmental interaction
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Looks at how and why people and things move
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Movement
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This general description of where a place lies
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Relative location
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A specific description
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Absolute location
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What are the two branches of geography?
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Human and physical
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Is the study of the Earth’s people, including their ways of life, homes, cities, beliefs, and customs
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Human geography
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Is the study of the world’s physical features, its landforms, bodies of water, climates, soil and plants
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Physical geography
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Is the study of making maps
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Cartography
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The study of weather
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Meteorology
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The average weather conditions of a region over a long period of time
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Climate
23
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What parts of Earth receives the most of the Sun
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The equator, the east of the tropics
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What is an environment?
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Includes its land, water, climate, plants and animals
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Plants and animals must live where they are suited
Ecosystem
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Is any material in nature that people use and value
Natural resource
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Write two types of natural resources
Air
| Water
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The production of electricity from waterpower
Hydroelectric power
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It is the set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group of people has in common
Culture
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It is an activity or behavior in which people often take part
Culture trait
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What regions of the world have the highest levels of popular density?
New york
Mexico city
Sao pavio
Tokio
Mumbai
Shangai
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A form of government in which people choose leaders by voting
Democracy
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Is a political system in which the given owns all property and dominates all aspects of live in a country
Communism
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What is the difference between developed and developing countries?
Develop countries have strong economies and high quality of life and the developing countries have less producting economies and lower quality of life
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Is the process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other through culture and trade
Globalization
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Piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by water
Peninsula
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What is the capital of mexico
Mexico city
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What is the main climate of the yucatan peninsula?
Steep sided depressions that form when the roof of a cave collapses
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What is one of mexico most important resource?
Petroleum
Oil
SILVER
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Early civilizations in Mexico
OLMEC
MAYA
AZTEC
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Made sculptures of giant stone heads. The heads may represent rulers or gods.
OLMEC
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Had a trade network between cities
Maya
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They built the first empire in the Americas.
Aztecs
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What is the day of the death
Its a mexican celebration on November 2nd
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Who was miguel hidalgo?
He calls for independence from Spain in 1810
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What is an isthmus?
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas
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A large group of islands
Archipelago
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What are the main natural resources in Central America and the Caribbean?
Its 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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A 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 world's largest river
Amazon river
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A partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty water
Estuary
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The 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 Catholic
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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 a cew 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?
region's climate
The sea
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What is the Mediterranean climate like?
Warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters
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Who were the moors?
People that invaded Spain
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Two of the most common foods in Southern European cooking are
Olives and grapes
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What is the largest city in Greece?
Athens
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A narrow inlet of the sea between high, rocky or groups
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 two cities are central to the economy of the British Isles?
London
Dublin
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Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe and the Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages
Vikings
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About what year the vikings first reach North America?
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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What does czar means?
Emperor
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What three countries make up the Caucasus?
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
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The first leader of the Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin
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An economic system in which the central government makes all economic decisions
Command economy
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The majority of Russians are descended from the
Slavs
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Which Caucasus country has an economy based on oil?
Azerbaijan
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It is the lowest point on any continent
Dead sea
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What are the main natural resources of the eastern Mediterranean?
Water and oil resources
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Is covered much of Syria and Jordan
Syrian desert
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Known as the Father of the Turks, he was turkeys 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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The dispersal of Jewish population
Diaspora
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What is israels 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 live in the deserts of southwest asia
The bedouins
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What european country rules lebanon after WWI?
France
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The climate of most israel, jordan and syria is
Hot
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Most people living in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan are
Islamics
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It is the world's longest river
Nile River
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A narrow waterway that connects the Mediterranean sea with the red sea
Suez canal
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What are the North Africas major resources ?
Oil and gas
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Seasonal winds that bring either moist or dry air to an area
Monsoons
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What language do most North Africans speak?
Arabic
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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
Harappan civilization
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What is the main religion in India?
Hinduism
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Name indias two largest cities
Mumbai
Kolkata
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A state of perfect peace in which suffering and reincarnation end
Nirvana
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One of the worlds oldest religions and the dominant religion of India
Hinduism
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A religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama
Buddhism
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A landform at the mouth of a river created by sediment deposits
Delta
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The festival of lights, is one of the most important celebrations in India
Diwalli
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It is the highest peak in the Indian subcontinent and the world?
Mount Everest
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Father of the 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 from a foreign land
Colony
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Mexico
Mexico city
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Guatemala
Guatemala
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Costa rica
San jose
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Panama
Panama city
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Cuba
Habana
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Argentina
Buenos aires
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Brazil
Brazilia
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Spain
Madrid
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Italy
Rome
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Portugal
Lisbon
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Greece
Athenas
128
United Kingdom
London
129
Norway
Oslo
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Finland
Helsinki
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Ireland
Dublin
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Russia
Moscow
133
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
Colombo
