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Final Vocabulary Flashcards

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Andes mountain

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A large mountain chain in South American on the pacific.

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Deforestation

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The cutting down and clearing away trees from forests.

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Land reform

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Rebalancing of large landholdings

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Pull factors

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People move toward the city

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Push factors

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People move away from the city

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Slash and burn

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Wa farming technique

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Reggae

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A popular music style with a strong accent beat

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Infrastructure

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The basic support system needed to keep the economy going

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Map projections

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A way of mapping earth and reduces map distortion

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Culture

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Total knowledge and behaviors shared by a group

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Equator

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Imaginary line that splits the world in to a northern half and a southern half

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Environment

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The surrounding conditions in which a person,animal or plants need to sustain life

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Absolute location

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The exact place on earth where a feature is found

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Cardinal directions

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the four main points on a compass

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OPEC

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Organization of the petroleum exporting countries - cartel that manages the supply of oil in an effort to set the price of oil in the world market

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NAFTA

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North America Free Trade Association - no barriers to trade among the US, Canada and Mexico

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5 themes of geography

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location- where is it?
place- what is it like?
region- how are places similar or different
movement- how do people, goods, and ideas move from on place to another?
human-Environment interaction- how do people relate to the physical world

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PRI

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Primary rate interface

Is the standard for telecommunication service to offices.

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Locations and how they are different

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Relative location – places a round a specific place.

Absolute location – an exact place on earth surface

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Renewable and nonrenewable resources

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Renewable resources can be used again

Nonrenewable resources cannot be used again

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Erosion

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The result of weathering

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Groundwater

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water that is underneath the earths surface

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Physical weathering

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Breaking down earths surface without chemicals

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Chemical weathering

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Weathering that occurs with chemicals

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Layers of the earth

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Surface, upper mantle, lower mantle, core

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Mountain chains in North America

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Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains

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What are the leading exports in the USA

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Agriculture, automobiles, airplanes

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Planets in order

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

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