Geography Flashcards
A _______ is a large, slow-moving sheet of ice.
Glacier
Large areas of flat or gently rolling land are know as a _____.
Plain
The ____-____ theory helps explain why people migrate today.
Push-Pull theory
Rain, Snow and Hail are all forms of _____________.
Precipitation
A _______ _______ is one that can be found on a very tall mountain.
Vertical Climate
A ________ is a storm with heavy rains and wind over 73mph.
Hurricane
When it is ______ in the Northern Hemisphere it is summer in the Souther Hemisphere.
Summer
A ______ is an example of a place with a dry climate. (One with very little rain)
Desert
About __% of the earth is made up of water the other __% is land
75%
25%
The line located at 0 degrees longitude is known as the _____ _______.
Prime Meridian
Many different factors caused the worlds population to grow ______ for hundreds of years, right up in to the early 1900’s. A few of these were disease and lack of food.
Slowly
The average life expectancy is about __ _____ ___
75 years old
Many people migrated from Ireland to the U.S. due to disease destroying their ______ crops.
Potato
Mrs. Hayes play
____________ is the movement of people from the country to the city.
Urbanization
______ is an example of a country with a very low _________ _______
Canada
Population Density
