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Geography Flashcards

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A large area of nearly flat land

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Plain

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The study of the earth and how people use it

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Geography

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A body of water nearly surrounded by water

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Peninsula

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Large body of salt water

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Ocean

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An area of elevated flat land

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Plateau

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A fertile area in a desert that is watered by a spring

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Oasis

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A body of land that is completely surrounded by water

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Island

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An area of low land between hills or mountains

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Valley

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A high land form with steep sides

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Mountain

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A stream of water that flows across the land and empties

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River

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A dry environment with few plants and animals

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Desert

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All the surroundings of a place including water, plants and animals

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Environment

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A feature of earth’s surface, mountain, plains, plateaus

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Land form

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The natural plant life of an area

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Vegetation

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An area with common features that set it apart ​from other areas

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Region

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The weather pattern an area has over a long period of time

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Climate

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Runs east and west and measures the distance north and south of the equator

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Latitude

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Height above sea level

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Altitude

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Rivers running through the ocean

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Ocean Currents

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Show land is divided into different countries or areas. They can also show political borders , capital cities and important cities.

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Political Map

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Shows the natural features of the earth.

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Physical Map

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the way of life of a group of people

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Culture

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the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

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longitude

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A resource is a natural resource that cannot be readily replaced by natural means at a pace quick enough to keep up with consumption

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Nonrenewable resource

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A resource is a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption.

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Renewable resource

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Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications.

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Natural resources

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An accomplishment/achievement that gets passed down over generations.

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Legacy

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a person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life

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Values

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visual representation that shows how a particular phenomenon or variable is spread across a geographic area

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Distribution map

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