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Geography Flashcards

1
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What is a world heritage site?

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A group of people for protecting special heritage places in the world.

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Who protects the world heritage site?

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Countries submit nomination proposals to the world heritage committee.

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3
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What’s BOLTS?

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Border
Orientation
Legend 
Title
Scale
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4
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What is the relief?

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To measure the ups and downs in the earths surface.

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5
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What is an ecosystem?

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Physical elements in nature

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What are the two groups do physical feature fall under?

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Abiotic- living things

Biotic- non living things

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7
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What is a water cycle?

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Rainfall➡️ground water flow➡️runoff➡️evaporation➡️evaporation➡️condensation

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What is agriculture?

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Farming

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What does industry mean?

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Economic activity

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10
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What does settlement mean?

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Range in size in isolated areas

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11
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What do world maps show us?

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Continents
Oceans
A grid system

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12
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What are 4 different ways of map projections?

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Cylindrical
Conical
Azimuthal
Interrupted

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13
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What is latitude?

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Latitude measures how far north or south of the equator a location is.

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14
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How does latitude affect climate?

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Solar radiation is the energy that reaches the Earth from the Sun.

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14
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What is longitude?

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Longitude lines run north-south or longways down the page

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14
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How does longitude effect time?

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Day and night occurs because the Earth is spinning on its axis

15
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What are the four main things in the physical world?

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  • Atmosphere
  • Hydrosphere
  • Lithosphere
  • biosphere
16
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What is a human feature?

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Towns, cities, cars, roads

17
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What is a thematic map and what does it show on it?

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It’s a map to show physical or human features

18
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What is the criteria for cultural?

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  • human creative genius
  • outstanding building or landscape
  • human settlement
  • human values
  • traditional ideas or beliefs
19
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What is the criteria for natural sites?

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  • Earths natural history
  • significant natural habitat
  • evolution and development
  • Natural beauty and importance
20
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What is the process for the world heritage listing?

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Tentative list
        👇🏽
Nomination file
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World heritage centre
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Advisory bodies
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World heritage list
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Criteria
21
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What are the 6 desert types?

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Hot,dry
Mid-latitude deserts
Rainshadow deserts
Coastal desert
Moonson desert
Polar desert
22
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What kind of process cause a hot,dry desert?

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Circulation of air between the hot equator and coldpoles

23
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Where are the deserts usually located?

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20° and 30°S due to the air circulation.

24
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What is a desert?

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They are environments that receive very low rainfall.

25
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Who are the San people?

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They are a small community in the Kalahari desert in South Africa and they are hunter-foragers( hunt for animals)

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